intertwine

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ twine

Verb

intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)

1. (transitive) To twine something together.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 240c.

     You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.

2. (intransitive) To become twined together.

Synonyms

• (twine around each other): entwine

Translations

To twine something together

• Finnish: kietoa, punoa (fi)
• French: enchevêtrer (fr), entrelacer (fr)
• German: verflechten (de)
• Occitan: entrelaçar, trenar (oc), natar, trelhar

• Russian: переплета́ть (ru) impf (perepletátʹ), переплести́ (ru) pf (pereplestí), сплета́ть (ru) impf (spletátʹ), сплести́ (ru) pf (splestí)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thoinn
• Spanish: entretejer (es), entrelazar (es)

To become twined together

• Finnish: kietoutua, punoutua
• French: s'entrelacer (fr)
• German: sich verflechten (de)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: تێکخستن‎ (tékxistin)

• Russian: переплета́ться (ru) impf (perepletátʹsja), переплести́сь (ru) pf (pereplestísʹ), сплета́ться (ru) impf (spletátʹsja), сплести́сь (ru) pf (splestísʹ)
• Spanish: entretejerse, entrelazarse
• Swedish: sammanflätas