twin

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From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”).

PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh1 (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).

249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: gevell — forming a pair of twins
• Catalan: bessó — forming a pair of twins
• Dutch: tweeling- — forming a pair of twins
• Esperanto: ĝemela — forming a pair of twins
• Finnish: kaksos- — forming a pair of twins
• Finnish: kaksois- — forming a pair of twins
• German: Zwillings- — forming a pair of twins
• Greek: δίδυμος (dídymos) — forming a pair of twins
• Ancient Greek: δίδυμος (dídumos) — forming a pair of twins
• Macedonian: бли́знаци (blíznaci) — forming a pair of twins
• Macedonian: бли́значки (blíznački) — forming a pair of twins
• Polish: bliźniaczy — forming a pair of twins
• Portuguese: gêmeo — forming a pair of twins
• Swahili: pacha — forming a pair of twins
• Bulgarian: чифтосан (čiftosan) — forming a matched pair
• Catalan: bessó — forming a matched pair
• Finnish: parillinen — forming a matched pair
• Hungarian: pár — forming a matched pair
• Macedonian: парен (paren) — forming a matched pair
• Macedonian: удвоен (udvoen) — forming a matched pair
• Macedonian: спарен (sparen) — forming a matched pair
• Polish: bliźniaczy — forming a matched pair
• Portuguese: gêmeo — forming a matched pair
• Swahili: pacha — forming a matched pair
• Afrikaans: tweeling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Albanian: binjak — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Southern Altai: эгис (egis) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Arabic: تَوْأَم (tawʔam) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Arabic: توم (tōm) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Arabic: توأم (tawʔam) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Armenian: երկվորյակ (erkvoryak) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Aromanian: dzeamin — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Aromanian: biznat — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Aromanian: didimarcu — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Assamese: যঁজা (zõza) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Asturian: ximelu — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Azerbaijani: əkiz — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bashkir: игеҙәк (igeźək) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Basque: biki — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізню́к (bliznjúk) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізню́чка (bliznjúčka) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізні́ца (blizníca) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізня́ (bliznjá) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізнё (bliznjó) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Belarusian: блізня́тка (bliznjátka) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bengali: যমজ (jomoj) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bhojpuri: जुड़वाँ (juṛəvā̃) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Central Bikol: kambal — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Breton: gevell — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bulgarian: близна́к (bliznák) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bulgarian: близна́чка (bliznáčka) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Burmese: အမြွှာ (a.hmrwa) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Catalan: bessó — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Cebuano: kaluha — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Chamicuro: ma'pwalo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Chinese Cantonese: 孖生 (maa1 saang1) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Chinese Cantonese: 雙胞胎 /双胞胎 (soeng1 baau1 toi1) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙胞胎 /双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙生子 /双生子 (shuāngshēngzǐ) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Cornish: gevel — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Cornish: gevelles — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Crimean Tatar: egiz — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Czech: dvojče — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Old Czech: blížně — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Danish: tvilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Dutch: tweeling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Elfdalian: bilingg — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Elfdalian: twilingg — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Esperanto: ĝemelo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Esperanto: ĝemelino — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Estonian: kaksik — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Faroese: tvíburi — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Finnish: kaksonen — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• French: jumeau — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• French: jumelle — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• West-Frisian: twilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Friulian: zimul — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Friulian: gimul — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Galician: xemelgo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Georgian: ტყუპი (ṭq̇uṗi) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• German: Zwilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• German: Zwillingin — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Greek: δίδυμος (dídymos) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ancient Greek: δίδυμος (dídumos) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ancient Greek: διδύμη (didúmē) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Greenlandic: marluliaq — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Haitian Creole: jimo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Haitian Creole: marasa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hebrew: תאום — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hebrew: תְּאוֹם (teóm) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hebrew: תאומה — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hebrew: תְּאוֹמָה (teomá) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hiligaynon: kapid — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hindi: जुड़वाँ (juṛvā̃) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hindi: यमज (yamaj) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hungarian: iker — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Hungarian: ikertestvér — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Icelandic: tvíburi — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ido: jemelo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Indonesian: kembar — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ingrian: kaksikko — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Irish: leathchúpla — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Italian: gemello — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Italian: gemella — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Japanese: 双子 (futago) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Kazakh: егіз (egız) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Khmer: ភ្លោះ (phlŭəh) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Kituba: dipasa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Korean: 쌍둥이 (ssangdung'i) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Korean: 갈오기 (garogi) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Northern Kurdish: cêwî — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Kyrgyz: эгиз (egiz) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lao: ຝາແຝດ (fā fǣt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lao: ລູກແຝດ (lūk fǣt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lao: ແຝດ (fǣt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latgalian: dveiņs — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: geminus — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: gemina — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: connascor — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: connatus — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: connata — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: gemellus — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latin: gemella — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latvian: dvīnis — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Latvian: dvīne — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lingala: lipasa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lithuanian: dvynys — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lombard: jumell — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lombard: gemell — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Luba-Kasai: dipasa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Luba-Katanga: dipasa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lutuv: mingphie — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Luxembourgish: Zwilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Macedonian: бли́знак (blíznak) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Macedonian: бли́значка (blíznačka) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Malay: kembar — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Maltese: tewmi — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Manchu: ᡳᡴᡳᡵᡳ (ikiri) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Mongolian: ихэр (ixer) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Nanai: адо (ado) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Navajo: naakiishchíín — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tvilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Occitan: besson — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Church Slavic: близньць (bliznĭcĭ) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Old English: ġetwisa — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Old English: ġetwin — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Oromo: lakkuu — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Pashto: بغرګونی (bǧargunay) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Pashto: برغونی (braǧunay) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Persian: جنابه (jonābe) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Persian: همزاد (hamzād) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Persian: دوگانیک (dogānik) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Dari: دوگَانَگِی (dōgānagī) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Iranian Persian: دوقُلو (doġolu) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Polish: bliźniak — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Polish: bliźniaczka — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Portuguese: gémeo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Portuguese: gémea — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Portuguese: gêmeo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Portuguese: gêmea — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Romanian: geamăn — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Romanian: geamănă — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Romansh: schumellin — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Romansh: schumellina — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Russian: близне́ц (bliznéc) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Russian: близня́шка (bliznjáška) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Russian: дво́йня (dvójnja) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Russian: близня́та (bliznjáta) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Sambali: kambal — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Northern Sami: jumešbealli — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Northern Sami: jumeš — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Sardinian: copiolu — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-aon — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Serbo-Croatian: близа́нац — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Serbo-Croatian: blizánac — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Sinhalese: නිමුන් (nimun) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Slovak: dvojča — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Slovene: dvójček — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Slovene: dvójčica — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Somali: mataan — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lower Sorbian: dwójnik — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Lower Sorbian: dwójnica — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Upper Sorbian: dwójnik — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: gemelo — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: gemela — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: mellizo (dizygotic) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: melliza (dizygotic) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: chachagua — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: chacho — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: cuache — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: cuape — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: cuate — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: cuata — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: guacho — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: guape — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: guápil — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: guares — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: jimagua — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: mello — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Spanish: morocho — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Sranan Tongo: o-o — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Swahili: pacha — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Swedish: tvilling — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tagalog: kambal — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tajik: ҳамзод (hamzod) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tajik: дугоник (dugonik) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tajik: тавъамон (tav'amon) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tajik: экизак (ekizak) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tarifit: ašniw — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tarifit: akniw — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tatar: игезәк (igezäk) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tatar: игез (igez) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Thai: แฝด (fɛ̀ɛt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Thai: ฝาแฝด (fǎa-fɛ̀ɛt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Thai: ลูกแฝด (lûuk-fɛ̀ɛt) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Tok Pisin: sangsangana — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Turkish: ikiz — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ottoman Turkish: ایكیز (ikiz) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Turkmen: ekiz — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ukrainian: близню́к (blyznjúk) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ukrainian: близню́чка (blyznjúčka) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ukrainian: близня́ (blyznjá) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Ukrainian: близня́та (blyznjáta) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Urdu: جُڑْواں (juṛvā̃) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Urdu: یَمَج (yamaj) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Uyghur: قوشكېزەك (qoshkëzek) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Uzbek: egizak — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Uzbek: egiz — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Venetan: zemèl — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Venetan: xemèło — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Vietnamese: trẻ sinh đôi — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Volapük: telädan — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Volapük: hitelädan — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Volapük: jitelädan — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Welsh: gefell — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Welsh: gefeilles — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Yakut: игирэ (igire) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Yiddish: צווילינג (tsviling) — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Yoruba: ibejí — either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
• Bulgarian: дво́йна ста́я (dvójna stája) — hotel room with two beds
• Dutch: tweepersoonskamer — hotel room with two beds
• Finnish: kahden hengen huone — hotel room with two beds
• French: twin — hotel room with two beds
• German: Doppelzimmer — hotel room with two beds
• Hungarian: kétágyas szoba — hotel room with two beds
• Japanese: ツイン — hotel room with two beds
• Korean: 트윈 (teuwin) — hotel room with two beds
• Swahili: pacha — hotel room with two beds