different between between vs translingual

English

Alternative forms

• betweene (archaic)
• betwene (archaic)
• b/w (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English betwene, from Old English betw?onan, betw?onum (“between, among, amid, in the midst, meanwhile”, dative plural, literally “by the two, near both”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *tw?hnaz (“two each”), corresponding to be- +? twain. Cognate with Scots between (“between”), Scots atween (“between”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (tweihnai, “two each”), Old English betweohs (“between”), Old English twinn (“double, twofold”). More at betwixt, twin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??twi?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??twin/, /b??twin/, [b??t?win]
• Hyphenation: be?tween

Preposition

between

1. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
2. Done together or reciprocally.
3. Shared in confidence.

4. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).

5. Combined (by effort or ownership).

6. One of (representing a choice).

7. Taking together the combined effect of.

Usage notes

• Some groups of non-native speakers confuse between and among. It is sometimes said that between usually applies to two things, while among applies to more than two things. This is not correct; according to the Oxford English Dictionary: "In all senses, between has been, from its earliest appearance, extended to more than two. In OE and ME, it was so extended in sense 1, in which among is now considered better. It is still the only word available to express the relation of a thing to many surrounding things severally and individually, among expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely: we should not say ‘the space lying among the three points,’ or ‘a treaty among three powers,’ or ‘the choice lies among the three candidates in the select list,’ or ‘to insert a needle among the closed petals of a flower’".

Synonyms

• atween (archaic)
• atwix (dialectal)
• atwixt (archaic)
• betwixt (archaic)

Derived terms

• Pages starting with “between”.

Translations

See also

• betwixt
• among

Noun

between (plural betweens)

1. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.

References

Anagrams

• betwene

English

Etymology

From trans- (“across”) + lingual (“having to do with languages or tongues”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???w?l

Adjective

translingual (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Existing in multiple languages.
   • 1994, Cordner, Holland & Kerrigan (eds), English Comedy

     The nose's comic potency is enhanced by the Indo-European rootedness of its own name, securing it a pivotal role in translingual games.

2. Having the same meaning in many languages.

   No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium.

3. (of a phrase) containing words of multiple languages
   • 1985, W. Redfern, Georges Darien: Robbery and Private Enterprise

     Darien can make translingual jokes

4. (translation studies) Operating between different languages
   • 1986, James S. Holmes, Translated: Papers on Literary Translation and Translation Studies

     This receiver, as translator, then performs a kind of "translingual transfer" to encode in a second language a new message that is intended to "mean the same" . .

5. (medicine) Occurring or being measured across the tongue
   • 1985, Hech, Welter & DeSimone, Chemical Senses

     Simultaneous recordings of the translingual potential and integrated neural response of the rat.

Hyponyms

• lingual

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

translingual (plural translinguals)

1. A person who can speak, or fluently switch between speaking, several languages.