twine

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From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh1 (“two”).

From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twīnian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”).

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: витка (vitka) — a twist; a convolution
• Bulgarian: извивка (izvivka) — a twist; a convolution
• Catalan: torsió — a twist; a convolution
• Catalan: circumvolució — a twist; a convolution
• Czech: provázání — a twist; a convolution
• French: torsion — a twist; a convolution
• French: convolution — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: touliña — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: erre — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: empeno — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: tolondro — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: torcedela — a twist; a convolution
• Galician: repulgo — a twist; a convolution
• German: Windung — a twist; a convolution
• German: Verschlingung — a twist; a convolution
• German: Drehung — a twist; a convolution
• German: Ranke — a twist; a convolution
• German: Wicklung — a twist; a convolution
• Irish: sníomh — a twist; a convolution
• Latin: spacus — a twist; a convolution
• Mongolian: эрч (erč) — a twist; a convolution
• Mongolian: мушгиа (mušgia) — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: convolucion — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: torcedura — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: torcement — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: torsion — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: torcida — a twist; a convolution
• Occitan: torcit — a twist; a convolution
• Romanian: răsucire — a twist; a convolution
• Russian: сплете́ние (spleténije) — a twist; a convolution
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — a twist; a convolution
• Spanish: circunvolución — a twist; a convolution
• Spanish: torsión — a twist; a convolution
• Bulgarian: връв (vrǎv) — strong thread
• Bulgarian: канап (kanap) — strong thread
• Catalan: cordill — strong thread
• Chinese Mandarin: 合股線 /合股线 (hégǔ xiàn) — strong thread
• Czech: provázek — strong thread
• Czech: motouz — strong thread
• Danish: snor — strong thread
• Danish: sejlgarn — strong thread
• Dutch: twijn — strong thread
• Dutch: tweern — strong thread
• Estonian: niit — strong thread
• Faroese: tvein — strong thread
• Finnish: naru — strong thread
• French: ficelle — strong thread
• Galician: baraza — strong thread
• Galician: brenza — strong thread
• Galician: lía — strong thread
• Galician: atume — strong thread
• Galician: liña — strong thread
• German: Kordel — strong thread
• German: Zwirn — strong thread
• German: Schnur — strong thread
• Hebrew: חוּט מְשִׁיחָה (khut meshikha) — strong thread
• Hungarian: spárga — strong thread
• Hungarian: zsinór — strong thread
• Hungarian: madzag — strong thread
• Ingrian: šnurkka — strong thread
• Irish: ruóg — strong thread
• Irish: sreangán — strong thread
• Italian: spago — strong thread
• Malayalam: നൂല് (nūlŭ) — strong thread
• Māori: tuaina — strong thread
• Middle English: twyn — strong thread
• Navajo: tłʼóół — strong thread
• Norwegian: snor — strong thread
• Occitan: crodèl — strong thread
• Occitan: cordèla — strong thread
• Polish: dratwa — strong thread
• Portuguese: cordel — strong thread
• Portuguese: barbante — strong thread
• Romanian: șnur — strong thread
• Russian: бечёвка (bečóvka) — strong thread
• Russian: шпага́т (špagát) — strong thread
• Slovak: motuz, špagát — strong thread
• Spanish: cordel — strong thread
• Spanish: cuerda — strong thread
• Spanish: guita — strong thread
• Swedish: bindtråd — strong thread
• Swedish: bindgarn — strong thread
• Swedish: säcksnöre — strong thread
• Swedish: garn — strong thread
• Tagalog: lani — strong thread
• Ottoman Turkish: سجیم (sicim) — strong thread
• Ukrainian: шпага́т (špahát) — strong thread
• Ukrainian: шворка (švorka) — strong thread
• Yup'ik: pelacinak — strong thread
• Bulgarian: извиване (izvivane) — the act of twining
• Bulgarian: усукване (usukvane) — the act of twining
• Catalan: entrellaçar — the act of twining
• Catalan: trenar — the act of twining
• Czech: provázání — the act of twining
• Galician: enfronzar — the act of twining
• Galician: enfrouzar — the act of twining
• Galician: embiar — the act of twining
• German: Winden — the act of twining
• German: Verdrehen — the act of twining
• German: Zwirnen — the act of twining
• German: Verschlingen — the act of twining
• German: Verwinden — the act of twining
• German: Wickeln — the act of twining
• German: Verzwirnen — the act of twining
• Irish: sníomh — the act of twining
• Latvian: šķeterēt — the act of twining
• Russian: сплете́ние (spleténije) — the act of twining
• Russian: скру́чивание (skrúčivanije) — the act of twining
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — the act of twining
• Spanish: entrelazar — the act of twining
• Bulgarian: увивам (uvivam) — to weave together
• Bulgarian: сплитам (splitam) — to weave together
• Esperanto: plekti — to weave together
• Galician: abiñar — to weave together
• German: flechten — to weave together
• German: binden — to weave together
• German: winden — to weave together
• German: zwirnen — to weave together
• German: verzwirnen — to weave together
• Irish: sníomh — to weave together
• Māori: kanoi — to weave together
• Māori: miro — to weave together
• Middle English: twynen — to weave together
• Russian: ви́ться (vítʹsja) — to weave together
• Russian: обвива́ться (obvivátʹsja) — to weave together
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — to weave together
• Tày: cảo — to weave together
• Bulgarian: вия (vija) — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
• Bulgarian: увивам (uvivam) — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
• Middle English: twynen — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
• Swedish: tvinna — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
• Tày: ca̱m — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body
• Vietnamese: quấn — to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body