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

Derived terms

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

 

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
• Georgian: ტვიტერი (ṭviṭeri)
• Gujarati: ટ્વિટર (ṭviṭar)
• Hindi: ट्विटर m (ṭviṭar)
• Japanese: ツイッター
• Javanese: ꦛ꧀ꦮꦶꦛꦂ (thwithar)
• Kannada: ಟ್ವಿಟರ್ (ṭviṭar)

• Maori: pae tīhau
• Marathi: ट्विटर n (ṭviṭar)
• Oriya: ଟ୍ୱିଟାର (ṭwiṭarô)
• Persian: توییتر‎
• Punjabi: ਟ੍ਵਿਤਰ (ṭvitar)
• Sinhalese: ට්විටර් (ṭwiṭar)
• Tamil: ட்விடர் (ṭviṭar)
• Telugu: ట్విటర్ (ṭviṭar)
• Tigrinya: ትዊተር (təwitär)
• 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

• Category:en:Twitter

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Twitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtvɪtər/, [ˈtʋɪtɐ]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Twitter n (genitive Twitter, no plural)

1. (Internet) Twitter

Declension

Declension of Twitter (uncountable, proper noun)

	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

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Polish

Etymology

From English Twitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwi.tɛr/

Proper noun

Twitter m inan

1. Twitter

Declension

Declension of Twitter

	singular
nominative	Twitter
genitive	Twittera
dative	Twitterowi
accusative	Twitter
instrumental	Twitterem
locative	Twitterze
vocative	Twitterze

Related terms

• (verb) tweetować
• (noun) tweet

Further reading

• Twitter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Twitter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Twitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪtər/

Proper noun

Twitter m

1. (Internet) Twitter

   Synonym: Trydar

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Twitter	Dwitter	Nhwitter	Thwitter
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.