twin

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[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• twynne (obsolete)

[edit] Etymology

Old English twinn, earlier ġetwinn, from Germanic.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /twɪn/, SAMPA: /twIn/
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• Rhymes: -ɪn

[edit] Noun

twin (plural twins)

1. 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.
2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
3. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room

[edit] Derived terms

• conjoined twin
• identical twin
• Siamese twin

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• twyndyllyng
• (hotel room): single, double

[edit] Adjective

twin (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair of twins.

   the twin boys

2. Forming a matched pair.

   twin socks

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)

1. (transitive, obsolete except, Scottish) To separate, divide.
2. (intransitive, obsolete except, Scottish) To split, part; to go away, depart.
3. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

   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.

4. (intransitive) To give birth to twins.

[edit] See also

• sister city