Standard Lemma guide

betwixt

prep · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈtwɪkst/
  • General-American: /bəˈtwɪkst/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkst
  • CMU ARPABET: B IY0 T W IH1 K S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

prep

Meaning 1

Between.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: atwixt, twixt, 'twixt

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in the interval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dancing all the dances with little rest between

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: between

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْن (bayn) — between
  • Arabic: بين (been) — between
  • Bulgarian: по среди (po sredi) — between
  • Bulgarian: между (meždu) — between
  • Danish: imellem — between
  • Dutch: tussen — between
  • Esperanto: inter — between
  • French: entre — between
  • Georgian: შორის (šoris) — between
  • Georgian: შუაში (šuaši) — between
  • German: zwischen — between
  • Indonesian: antara — between
  • Old English: betwēox — between
  • Portuguese: entre — between
  • Romanian: între — between
  • Russian: ме́жду (méždu) — between
  • Russian: посреди (posredi) — between
  • Spanish: entre — between
  • Swedish: mellan — between
  • Turkish: beyninde — between