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twee
English
Etymology
From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twi?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Adjective
twee (comparative more twee or tweer, superlative most twee or tweest)
- (Britain, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
- Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.
Synonyms
- cutesy (US)
- precious
- saccharine
- syrupy
Related terms
- twee pop
Anagrams
- ewte, weet
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- twé (obsolete)
Etymology
From Dutch twee, from Middle Dutch twee, twe, from Old Dutch tw?, neuter form of tw?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tv???/, /tve?/
Numeral
twee
- two
Anagrams
- weet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?/
- Hyphenation: twee
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch twêe, from Old Dutch tw?, neuter form of tw?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?i.
Numeral
twee
- two
Derived terms
- tweebaans
- tweehonderd
- tweetal
- tweetalig
- tweetallig
- tweebenig
Descendants
- Afrikaans: twee
Etymology 2
Noun
twee f (plural tweeën, diminutive tweetje n)
- two
Anagrams
- weet
- wete
Low German
Alternative forms
- twei (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
Etymology
From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (“two”).
Numeral
twee
- two
Coordinate terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch tw?, neuter form of tw?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twe?/
Numeral
twêe
- two
Descendants
- Dutch: twee
- Limburgish: twei, twieë
- Zealandic: tweê
Further reading
- “twee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “twee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (“two”).
Numeral
twee
- two, twain
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tweed
English
Etymology
Attested since the 1830s. Probably a shortening or back-formation from Scots tweedling (“a type of twilled cloth”), attested since the 16th century and related to tweedle; the two words are variants of tweeling and tweel, which go back to Middle English twel, twyle (“a type of woven fabric; twill”), whence also English twill. Scottish tradition says it derives directly from tweel when an English merchant misread tweels or tweeled (cloth) in an 1831 letter from a Scottish merchant as Tweed(s) and took it to be a trade-name based on the River Tweed, but the DSL says evidence for this is lacking, and because English merchants must have been familiar with tweel(ed cloth) before the 1830s, it seems unlikely to be based on misunderstanding tweel rather than on the well-attested tweedle. Several of the earliest citations, from 1839, 1841, and 1845 treat it as a new name for a familiar cloth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twi?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Noun
tweed (countable and uncountable, plural tweeds)
- A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
- 1839, Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence, page 75:
- MICHAEL NOWAK, alias John Mazurkiewiez, was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of April, 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called tweed, value 12s., and 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called doe-skin, value 17s., […]
- 1839, Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence, page 75:
Translations
References
Anagrams
- dewet, dweet, tewed
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English tweed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?di/, [?t??i?di]
Noun
tweed
- tweed (fabric)
Declension
Synonyms
- tweedkangas
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twid/
Noun
tweed m (uncountable)
- tweed
Further reading
- “tweed” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
tweed m (uncountable)
- tweed (coarse woolen fabric)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?twid/, [?t?wið?]
Noun
tweed m (uncountable)
- tweed
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