Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
US
- Tuntematon aksentti:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| bulgaria | близна́к |
| espanja | gemelo, mellizo, cuate, cuache, guacho, guares, jimagua, morocho, gemela, mielgo |
| esperanto | ĝemelo |
| hollanti | tweeling, tweelings- |
| italia | gemello, gemella, gemellarsi, gemellare, gemino, bigemino |
| japani | 双子 (futago), ツイン (tsuin), ふたご (futago) |
| kreikka | δίδυμος (dídymos), ζυγός (zygós) |
| latina | geminus, gemellus |
| latvia | dvīnis, dvīne |
| liettua | dvynys |
| portugali | gêmeo, gémeo |
| puola | bliźniak, bliźniaczy, bliźnię |
| ranska | jumeau, jumeler, doublure, gémellaire |
| ruotsi | tvilling |
| saksa | Zwilling, Zwillings- |
| suomi | kaksonen, kahden hengen huone, kaksois-, kaksos-, kaksoiskide |
| tanska | tvilling |
| turkki | çift, ikiz |
| tšekki | dvojče |
| unkari | iker, pár |
| venäjä | близне́ц (bliznéts), близня́шка (bliznjáška), дво́йня (dvóinja), близнец (bliznets) |
| viro | kaksik |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- 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.
- (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
- (US) A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A friendly term of address, typically for men.
Verbi
- (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); to pair with.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
- (transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- (intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
Adjektiivi
- Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
- Forming a pair of twins.
Esimerkit
- the twin boys
- twin socks
- Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.
- For example, Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
- Still we moved / Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.
- “I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”
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