Twitter

See also: twitter

English

Etymology

From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).

Proper noun

Twitter

1. An online social networking service that enables users to send and read short (140-character) messages.

Translations

online social networking service

• Arabic: تُوِيتَر‎‎ (tuwītar)
• Armenian: Թվիթեր (Tʿvitʿer)
• Bengali: টুইটার (ṭuiṭar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推特 (zh) (Tuītè)

• Dhivehi: ޓްޥިޓަރ‎‎ (ṭwiṭar)
• Finnish: Twitter
• French: Twitter (fr) m
• Gujarati: ટ્વિટર (ṭviṭar)
• Hindi: ट्विटर m (ṭviṭar)
• Javanese: ꦛ꧀ꦮꦶꦛꦂ (thwithar)

• Kannada: ಟ್ವಿಟರ್ (ṭviṭar)
• Maori: pae tīhau
• Marathi: ट्विटर n (ṭviṭara)
• Oriya: ଟ୍ୱିଟାର (ṭwiṭar)
• Persian: توییتر‎‎
• Punjabi: ਟ੍ਵਿਤਰ (ṭvitar)
• Sinhalese: ට්විටර් (ṭviṭar)
• Tamil: ட்விடர் (ṭviṭar)
• Telugu: ట్విటర్ (ṭviṭar)
• Urdu: ٹوئٹر‎‎ m (ṭviṭar)

Noun

Twitter (plural Twitters)

1. (Internet, informal) A user account belonging to the above service.

   I've lost the password to my Twitter.

Translations

user account

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: Twitter-tili
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)

1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter; to tweet.
   • 2009 March 2, Justin Rebello, “Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney"”, in Wisconsin Law Journal‎^[1], retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney

   • 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood‎^[2], retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties

Synonyms

• tweet

Translations

tweet — see tweet

See also

• twible