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• /ˈtwiːt/
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• [ˈthwɪi̯t]
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Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).

Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.

217 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 啾 (jiū) — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Finnish: piip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Hungarian: csip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Hungarian: csirip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Hungarian: csip-csip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Hungarian: csip-csirip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Polish: ćwir — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Portuguese: piu — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Russian: чик-чирик (čik-čirik) — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Russian: чирик-чирик (čirik-čirik) — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Russian: чив-чив (čiv-čiv) — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Vietnamese: líu lo — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Vietnamese: líu la líu lo — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Vietnamese: líu lô — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Welsh: tsip-tsip — used to represent the sound of a bird twittering
• Afrikaans: twiet — sound
• Bulgarian: чуруликане (čurulikane) — sound
• Bulgarian: писукане (pisukane) — sound
• Catalan: piulada — sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 鳴叫 /鸣叫 (míngjiào) — sound
• Danish: pip — sound
• Danish: kvidder — sound
• Dutch: twiet — sound
• Esperanto: pepo — sound
• Estonian: siuts — sound
• Estonian: säuts — sound
• Finnish: piipitys — sound
• French: gazouillis — sound
• French: pépiement — sound
• Galician: chío — sound
• Galician: rechouchío — sound
• Georgian: ჭიკჭიკი (č̣iḳč̣iḳi) — sound
• Georgian: ჟღურტული (žɣurṭuli) — sound
• German: Zwitschern — sound
• Hebrew: צִיּוּץ (tsiyúts) — sound
• Hungarian: csiripelés — sound
• Hungarian: csipogás — sound
• Hungarian: csivitelés — sound
• Hungarian: csicsergés — sound
• Irish: bíc — sound
• Irish: gíog — sound
• Irish: giolcadh — sound
• Macedonian: цвр́кање (cvŕkanje) — sound
• Macedonian: цврко́тење (cvrkótenje) — sound
• Macedonian: чурули́кање (čurulíkanje) — sound
• Malay: ciap-ciap — sound
• Malay: ciak-ciak — sound
• Māori: tīhau — sound
• Norwegian: kvitter — sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvitring — sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitring — sound
• Polish: ćwierkanie — sound
• Polish: trel — sound
• Portuguese: pio — sound
• Russian: чири́канье (čiríkanʹje) — sound
• Russian: щебета́нье (ščebetánʹje) — sound
• Russian: трель (trelʹ) — sound
• Spanish: pío — sound
• Spanish: piada — sound
• Spanish: silbada — sound
• Spanish: gorjeo — sound
• Tagalog: siyap — sound
• Turkish: cıvıldama — sound
• Turkish: cıvıltı — sound
• Vietnamese: tiếng hót — sound
• Afrikaans: twiet — internet: entry
• Arabic: تَغْرِيدَة (taḡrīda) — internet: entry
• Asturian: tuit — internet: entry
• Basque: txio — internet: entry
• Belarusian: ціўт (ciwt) — internet: entry
• Bengali: টুইট (ṭuiṭ) — internet: entry
• Catalan: piulada — internet: entry
• Catalan: tuit — internet: entry
• Catalan: tweet — internet: entry
• Chinese Mandarin: 推文 (tuīwén) — internet: entry
• Danish: tweet — internet: entry
• Esperanto: pepo — internet: entry
• Estonian: säuts — internet: entry
• Estonian: tviit — internet: entry
• Estonian: tweet — internet: entry
• Finnish: twiitti — internet: entry
• Finnish: tviitti — internet: entry
• Finnish: twiittaus — internet: entry
• French: tweet — internet: entry
• French: gazouillis — internet: entry
• Galician: chío — internet: entry
• Georgian: ტვიტი (ṭviṭi) — internet: entry
• German: Tweet — internet: entry
• German: Twitterbeitrag — internet: entry
• German: Twittereintrag — internet: entry
• Bavarian German: Tweet — internet: entry
• Hebrew: צִיּוּץ (tsiyúts) — internet: entry
• Hindi: ट्वीट (ṭvīṭ) — internet: entry
• Hungarian: Twitter-bejegyzés — internet: entry
• Hungarian: tweetbejegyzés — internet: entry
• Hungarian: tweet — internet: entry
• Icelandic: tíst — internet: entry
• Irish: tvuít — internet: entry
• Japanese: ツイート (tsuīto) — internet: entry
• Japanese: つぶやき (tsubuyaki) — internet: entry
• Korean: 트윗 (teuwit) — internet: entry
• Korean: 트위트 (teuwiteu) — internet: entry
• Macedonian: твит (tvit) — internet: entry
• Malay: kicau — internet: entry
• Malay: ciap — internet: entry
• Malay: twit — internet: entry
• Malay: ciapan — internet: entry
• Māori: tīhau — internet: entry
• Marathi: ट्वीट (ṭvīṭ) — internet: entry
• Pashto: ټويټ (ṭwíṭ) — internet: entry
• Persian: توییت (tuit) — internet: entry
• Persian: پیام توییتری (payâm-e tuiteri) — internet: entry
• Polish: tweet — internet: entry
• Portuguese: tuíte — internet: entry
• Portuguese: tweet — internet: entry
• Russian: твит (tvit) — internet: entry
• Spanish: tuit — internet: entry
• Spanish: tuiteo — internet: entry
• Spanish: tweet — internet: entry
• Turkish: tweet — internet: entry
• Turkish: tvit — internet: entry
• Turkish: twit — internet: entry
• Bulgarian: писукам (pisukam) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Bulgarian: чуруликам (čurulikam) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Catalan: piular — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 鳴叫 /鸣叫 (míngjiào) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Esperanto: pepi — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Estonian: säutsuma — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Estonian: siutsuma — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Finnish: piipittää — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Georgian: ჭიკჭიკებს (č̣iḳč̣iḳebs) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Georgian: ჟღურტულებს (žɣurṭulebs) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• German: zwitschern — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Greek: κελαηδώ (kelaïdó) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Hebrew: צִיֵּץ (tsiyéts) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Hungarian: csiripel — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Hungarian: csipog — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Hungarian: csivitel — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Hungarian: csicsereg — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Irish: bheith ag gíoglach — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Irish: bheith ag giolcaireacht — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Irish: gíog — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Japanese: さえずる (saezuru) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Ladino: chuchulear — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Māori: tīhau — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Māori: pekī — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Norman: tuiter — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvitre — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitre — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitra — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Polish: ćwierkać — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Portuguese: piar — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Russian: щебета́ть (ščebetátʹ) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Russian: чири́кать (čiríkatʹ) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Slovak: štebotať — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Spanish: piar — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Tagalog: sumiyap — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Ukrainian: щебета́ти (ščebetáty) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Ukrainian: щеботіти (ščebotity) — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Vietnamese: hót — to make a short high-pitched sound
• Arabic: غَرَّدَ (ḡarrada) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Asturian: tuitiar — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Basque: txiokatu — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Catalan: piular — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Chinese Mandarin: 发推 (fātuī) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Danish: tweete — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Dutch: twitteren — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Dutch: tweeten — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Esperanto: pepi — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Estonian: säutsuma — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Estonian: tviitima — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Estonian: tweetima — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Finnish: twiitata — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Finnish: tviitata — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• French: twitter — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• French: twitterer — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• French: tweeter — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• French: gazouiller — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Georgian: ტვიტავს (ṭviṭavs) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Georgian: დატვიტავს (daṭviṭavs) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• German: twittern — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• German: tweeten — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• German: zwitschern — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Hebrew: צִיֵּץ (tsiyéts) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Hungarian: tweetel — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Hungarian: twittel — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Icelandic: tísta — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Ido: twitar — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Interlingua: twitterar — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Irish: tvuíteáil — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Irish: bheith ag giolcaireacht — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Irish: giolc — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Italian: cinguettare — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Japanese: ツイートする (tsuīto-suru) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Japanese: つぶやく (tsubuyaku) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Macedonian: твита (tvita) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Māori: tīhau — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Marathi: ट्वीट करणे (ṭvīṭ karṇe) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Norman: tuiter — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvitre — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tvitre — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tvitra — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Persian: توییت کردن (tuit kardan) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Polish: tweetować — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Portuguese: twittar — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Portuguese: tuitar — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Russian: тви́тить (tvítitʹ) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Russian: тви́тать (tvítatʹ) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Russian: тви́тнуть (tvítnutʹ) — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Spanish: tuitear — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Spanish: twittear — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Swedish: tvittra — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Swedish: twittra — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Turkish: tweet atmak — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Turkish: tweetlemek — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Turkish: tivit atmak — social media: to post an entry to Twitter
• Turkish: tivitlemek — social media: to post an entry to Twitter