Twitter

See also: twitter

English

Alternative forms

• (verb): twitter

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪ.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: twĭt'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪ.tɚ/, /ˈtwɪ.t̬ɚ/, [ˈtʰwɪ.ɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Twitter

1. An online social networking service that enables users to send and read short messages (280 characters; originally 140).

Derived terms

• TGIF
• tweep
• tweeple
• tweeps
• twible
• twidiot
• twimmolation
• Twitler
• Twitterable
• Twitterati
• Twitterbot
• Twitterdom
• Twitterer
• Twittermob
• Twittersphere
• Twitterstorm
• Twitterverse
• twoosh

 

Related terms

• tweet, live-tweet, retweet, subtweet, tweetable (untweetable), tweetaholic, tweetdom, tweeter, tweetfest, tweetheart, tweetosphere, tweetstorm, tweetup, untweeted

Translations

online social networking service

• Arabic: توِيتَر‎
• 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 (ṭviṭar)
• Oriya: ଟ୍ୱିଟାର (ṭwiṭarô)
• Persian: توییتر‎
• Punjabi: ਟ੍ਵਿਤਰ (ṭvitr)
• Sinhalese: ට්විටර් (ṭviṭar)
• Tamil: ட்விடர் (ṭviṭar)
• Telugu: ట్విటర్ (ṭviṭar)
• Urdu: ٹوئٹر‎ m (ṭviṭar)
• Welsh: Twitter m, Trydar m
• Zhuang: Duihdwz

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: 推特賬戶, 推特账户 (tuītè zhànghù)

• 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, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
   • 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

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Twitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtvɪtər/, [ˈtʋɪtɐ]

Noun

Twitter n (genitive Twitter, no plural)

1. (Internet) Twitter

Declension

Declension of Twitter (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Twitter
genitive	eines	des	Twitter
dative	einem	dem	Twitter
accusative	ein	das	Twitter

Derived terms

• twittern

Further reading

• Twitter in Duden online