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twin
English
Alternative forms
- twynne (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: tw?n, IPA(key): /tw?n/, [tw??n]
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ?etwin, ?etwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian ?????? (dvojnja, “twin”).
Noun
twin (plural twins)
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
Synonyms
- twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- twyndyllyng
- (hotel room): single, double
- twain
Verb
twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)
- (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
- Still we moved / Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.
- (intransitive) To be paired or suited.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be born at the same birth.
See also
- sister city
Etymology 2
From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *tw?hnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (tweihnai, “two each”).
Adjective
twin (not comparable)
- double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
- forming a pair of twins.
Synonyms
- (forming a matched pair): twofold; see also Thesaurus:dual
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- twin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- twin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- twin at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Wint
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twin/
Adjective
twin
- Alternative form of twinn
Declension
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nontwin
English
Alternative forms
- non-twin
Etymology
non- +? twin
Noun
nontwin (plural nontwins)
- (biology) Any individual who is not a twin
nontwin From the web:
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