Twix

English

Etymology

Brand name, a blend of twin +‎ sticks (since there are two biscuits of the product in each package).

Noun

Twix (plural Twixes)

1. A popular chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, consisting of two fingers of biscuit with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).
   • 2008, Cordelia Fine, A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives, page 173:

     Then—oh so casually—she was asked to select either a Twix bar or an apple, as thanks for her participation in the experiment.

   • 2015, Branch Kimball, My Eating Disorder: Thoughts During Sickness and Recovery:

     I even ate a Twix before bed each night, not once thinking about how many miles it would take me to run off the calories.

Translations

Translations

• Aragonese: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Asturian: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Basque: Twix sg; Raider sg (former name)
• Breton: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Catalan: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Cornish: Twix
• Czech: Twix n
• Danish: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Dutch: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Estonian: Twix sg
• Extremaduran: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Fala: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Finnish: Twix sg; Raider sg (former name)
• Franco-Provençal: Twix; Raider (former name)
• French: Twix; Raider (former name, Europe)
• Galician: Twix; Raider (former name)
• German: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Hungarian: Twix sg
• Italian: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Limburgish: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Luxembourgish: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Mirandese: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Norwegian: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Occitan: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Picard: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Polish: Twix n l; Raider n (former name)
• Portuguese: Twix; Raider (former name, Europe)
• Quinqui: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Romanian: Twix n
• Romansch: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Spanish: Twix; Raider (former name, Europe)
• Swedish: Twix n; Raider n (former name)
• Turkish: Twix sg; Raider sg (former name)
• Venetian: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Walloon: Twix; Raider (former name)
• Welsh: Twix
• Yeniche: Twix; Raider (former name)