adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/twaɪs/
[tw̥aɪs]
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rhymes with -aɪs
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
Two times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
You should brush your teeth twice a day.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. (1947, Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
two times
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I called her twice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adverb
Meaning 4
to double the degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she was doubly rewarded
his eyes were double bright
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doubly, double
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes (“twice”), from twīwa, twīġa ("twice"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twice”). Equivalent to twi- (“(in) two; both”) + -ce. Similarly constructed to the prefixes bis- and dis-, borrowed from Indo-European cognates.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَرَّتَيْن
(marratayn)
— two times
Arabic:
مرتين
(marratēn)
— two times
Arabic:
مرتين
(marrtēn)
— two times
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ
(tartēn gāhē)
— two times
Armenian:
երկու անգամ
(erku angam)
— two times
Armenian:
երկիցս
(erkicʻs)
— two times
Breton:
div wech
— two times
Bulgarian:
два пъти
(dva pǎti)
— two times
Bulgarian:
дваж
(dvaž)
— two times
Catalan:
dos cops
— two times
Catalan:
dues vegades
— two times
Cebuano:
makaduha
— two times
Cebuano:
kaduha
— two times
Chickasaw:
hitokla'
— two times
Chinese Mandarin:
兩次 /两次
(liǎng cì)
— two times
Chinese Mandarin:
两倍
(liǎng bèi)
— two times
Cornish:
diwweyth
— two times
Czech:
dvakrát
— two times
Danish:
to gange
— two times
Dutch:
twee keer
— two times
Dutch:
tweemaal
— two times
Esperanto:
dufoje
— two times
Estonian:
kaks korda
— two times
Faliscan:
pis (pis)
— two times
Finnish:
kaksi kertaa
— two times
Finnish:
kahdesti
— two times
French:
deux fois
— two times
Galician:
dúas veces
— two times
Georgian:
ორჯერ
(orǯer)
— two times
German:
zweimal
— two times
German:
doppelt
— two times
Greek:
δις
(dis)
— two times
Ancient Greek:
δίς
(dís)
— two times
Ancient Greek:
δυάκις
(duákis)
— two times
Hebrew:
פעמיים \ פַּעֲמַיִם
(pa'amáyim)
— two times
Hebrew:
שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים
(sh'téi p'amím)
— two times
Hindi:
दोगुना
(dogunā)
— two times
Hindi:
दुगना
(dugnā)
— two times
Hindi:
दोहरा
(dohrā)
— two times
Hindi:
दुकना
(duknā)
— two times
Hungarian:
kétszer
— two times
Hungarian:
duplán
— two times
Hungarian:
dupla
— two times
Icelandic:
tvisvar
— two times
Icelandic:
tvívegis
— two times
Irish:
faoi dhó
— two times
Irish:
dhá uair
— two times
Italian:
due volte
— two times
Japanese:
二度
(nido)
— two times
Japanese:
二回
(nikai)
— two times
Japanese:
二倍
(nibai)
— two times
Korean:
두번
(dubeon)
— two times
Central Kurdish:
دووجار
(dûcar)
— two times
Latin:
bis
— two times
Latvian:
divreiz
— two times
Latvian:
divas reizes
— two times
Lithuanian:
du kartus
— two times
Lithuanian:
dukart
— two times
Luxembourgish:
zweemol
— two times
Malay:
dua kali
— two times
Malayalam:
ഇരട്ടി
(iraṭṭi)
— two times
Malayalam:
രണ്ടുതവണ
(raṇṭutavaṇa)
— two times
Manchu:
ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ
(juwenggeri)
— two times
Māori:
-rua
— two times
Māori:
taurua
— two times
Middle English:
twie
— two times
Middle English:
twies
— two times
Classical Nahuatl:
ōppa
— two times
Norwegian Bokmål:
to ganger
— two times
Old English:
tweowa
— two times
Persian:
دوبار
(dobâr)
— two times
Plautdietsch:
tweemol (nds)
— two times
Polish:
dwukrotnie
— two times
Portuguese:
duas vezes
— two times
Portuguese:
duplamente
— two times
Russian:
два́жды
(dváždy)
— two times
Russian:
два ра́за
(dva ráza)
— two times
Sanskrit:
द्विस्
(dvis)
— two times
Scottish Gaelic:
dà uair
— two times
Serbo-Croatian:
два́пут
— two times
Serbo-Croatian:
dváput
— two times
Slovak:
dvakrát
— two times
Slovene:
dvakrat
— two times
Spanish:
dos veces
— two times
Spanish:
doblemente
— two times
Spanish:
bis
— two times
Swedish:
två gånger
— two times
Tagalog:
makalawa
— two times
Ukrainian:
двічі
(dviči)
— two times
Unami:
nishën
— two times
Welsh:
dwywaith
— two times
Zulu:
kabili
— two times
Spanish:
el doble de
— doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree
Spanish:
el duplo de
— doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree
