twofold

See also: two-fold

English

Alternative forms

• two-fold

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two +‎ -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch Dutch tweevoudig.

Adjective

twofold (not comparable)

1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.

   The wheat produced a twofold harvest.

2. Having two parts, especially two different parts.

   a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument

   • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.

     Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]

   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy

     "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

Synonyms

• (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
• (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual

Derived terms

• twofoldness

Translations

double

• Bulgarian: дво́ен (bg) (dvóen)
• Dutch: tweevoudig (nl), tweeledig (nl)
• Esperanto: duoble
• Finnish: kaksinkertainen (fi)
• French: double (fr)
• Georgian: ორმაგი (ormagi)
• German: zweifach (de), doppelt (de)
• Greek: διπλάσιος (el) (diplásios)
• Italian: duplice (it)
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• Manx: dooblit
• Maori: rearua
• Old English: twāfeald
• Old Saxon: twēfald
• Portuguese: duplo (pt)
• Russian: двойно́й (ru) (dvojnój), двукра́тный (ru) (dvukrátnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte
• Spanish: doble (es)
• Telugu: రెండింతలు (te) (reṇḍintalu)

having two parts

• Finnish: kaksinainen
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Adverb

twofold (not comparable)

1. In a double degree; doubly.

Synonyms

• double; see also Thesaurus:twice

Translations

in a double degree

• Czech: dvojnásobně (cs)
• Dutch: tweevoudig (nl)
• Finnish: kaksinkertaisesti (fi)
• Georgian: ორმაგად (ormagad)
• German: zweifach (de)
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• Greek: διπλάσια (el) (diplásia)
• Russian: вдво́е (ru) (vdvóje), вдвойне́ (ru) (vdvojné)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte
• Spanish: doblemente

References

• “twofold”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “twofold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.