twist

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PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English twist, from Old English *twist, in compounds (e.g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt). Related to Saterland Frisian Twist (“discord”), Dutch twist (“twist; strife; discord”), German Low German Twist (“strife; discord”), German Zwist (“turmoil; strife; discord”), Swedish tvist (“quarrel; dispute”), Icelandic tvistur (“deuce”). The verb is from Middle English twisten. Compare Dutch twisten, Danish tviste (“to dispute”), Swedish tvista (“to argue; dispute”).

295 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vääntö — twisting force
• Finnish: kierto — twisting force
• Hindi: मोड़ (moṛ) — twisting force
• Hungarian: csavarás — twisting force
• Hungarian: csavaróerő — twisting force
• Hungarian: torzió — twisting force
• Italian: torsione — twisting force
• Italian: contorsione — twisting force
• Italian: distorsione — twisting force
• Polish: siła skręcająca — twisting force
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — twisting force
• Spanish: torsión — twisting force
• Spanish: torcedura — twisting force
• Spanish: torcimiento — twisting force
• Spanish: tuerce — twisting force
• Spanish: torción — twisting force
• Albanian: dredh — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Bulgarian: извивка (izvivka) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Bulgarian: изкривяване (izkrivjavane) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Finnish: vääntö — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Finnish: kierto — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hindi: मोड़ (moṛ) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hindi: मरोड़ (maroṛ) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hungarian: forgatás — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hungarian: csavarás — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hungarian: tekerés — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hungarian: sodrás — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Hungarian: fonás — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Italian: distorsione — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Macedonian: и́звив (ízviv) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Macedonian: и́звивка (ízvivka) — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Polish: skręt — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Portuguese: torcedura — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Scottish Gaelic: car — anything twisted, or the act of twisting
• Bulgarian: извивка (izvivka) — form
• Finnish: kierre — form
• Finnish: vääntynyt muoto — form
• Hindi: मोड़ (moṛ) — form
• Hungarian: csavarodás — form
• Hungarian: tekeredés — form
• Hungarian: spirál — form
• Hungarian: csigavonal — form
• Macedonian: и́звивка (ízvivka) — form
• Polish: skręt — form
• Finnish: vääntö — degree of stress or strain when twisted
• Polish: skręt — degree of stress or strain when twisted
• Finnish: kierretty lanka — type of thread
• German: Zwirn — type of thread
• Italian: filamento — type of thread
• Italian: filo — type of thread
• Polish: skręt — type of thread
• Swedish: varpgarn — type of thread
• Chinese Mandarin: 檸檬皮 /柠檬皮 (níngméng pí) — sliver of lemon peel
• Finnish: siivu — sliver of lemon peel
• Italian: scorza — sliver of lemon peel
• Japanese: ツイスト (tsuisuto) — sliver of lemon peel
• Albanian: dredhi — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Finnish: äkkimutka — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Finnish: mutka — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Finnish: mutkittelu — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Galician: revolta — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• German: Biegung — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Hungarian: kanyar — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Hungarian: kanyarulat — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Italian: piega — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Italian: giravolta — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Polish: zakręt — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Scottish Gaelic: car — sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
• Albanian: përdredhje — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Bulgarian: изопачаване (izopačavane) — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Finnish: väärinymmärrys (unintentional) — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Finnish: vääristely — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Hungarian: elferdítés — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Hungarian: kiforgatás — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Italian: travisamento — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Italian: forzatura — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Macedonian: изопачу́вање (izopačúvanje) — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Polish: przekręcenie — distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
• Bulgarian: обрат (obrat) — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Finnish: käänne — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Galician: viravolta — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• German: Wendung — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Hungarian: fordulat — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Hungarian: csavar — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Italian: colpo di scena — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Japanese: どんでん返し (dondengaeshi) — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Macedonian: пре́сврт (présvrt) — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Macedonian: за́плет (záplet) — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Polish: zwrot akcji — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Spanish: giro inesperado — unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc
• Armenian: թվիստ (tʻvist) — type of dance
• Bulgarian: туист (tuist) — type of dance
• Czech: twist — type of dance
• Faroese: tvist — type of dance
• Finnish: twist — type of dance
• French: twist — type of dance
• German: Twist — type of dance
• Hungarian: tviszt — type of dance
• Macedonian: твист (tvist) — type of dance
• Polish: twist — type of dance
• Portuguese: twist — type of dance
• Russian: твист (tvist) — type of dance
• Albanian: përdredhje — rotation of the body when diving
• Finnish: kierre — rotation of the body when diving
• Polish: skręt — rotation of the body when diving
• Albanian: ndrrydhje — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Bulgarian: изкълчване (izkǎlčvane) — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Finnish: nyrjähdys — sprain, especially to the ankle
• French: torsion — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Hungarian: rándulás — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Hungarian: megrándítás — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Italian: contorsione — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Macedonian: исколчу́вање (iskolčúvanje) — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Macedonian: изместу́вање (izmestúvanje) — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Polish: skręcenie — sprain, especially to the ankle
• Finnish: bööna — slang: girl, woman
• Finnish: damaskiteräs — material for gun barrels
• Bulgarian: нарез (narez) — spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon
• Finnish: rihlaus — spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon
• Polish: twist — beverage made of brandy and gin
• Bulgarian: склонност (sklonnost) — strong individual tendency
• Bulgarian: наклонност (naklonnost) — strong individual tendency
• Bulgarian: влечение (vlečenie) — strong individual tendency
• Finnish: taipumus — strong individual tendency
• Polish: tendencja — strong individual tendency
• Albanian: përdrredh — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Southern Altai: ӧрӧр (örör) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Southern Altai: бурыыр (burïïr) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Arabic: لَوَى (lawā) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Arabic: بَرَمَ (barama) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Armenian: ոլորել (olorel) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Aromanian: astorcu — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Aromanian: storcu — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Azerbaijani: burmaq — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Bulgarian: усуквам (usukvam) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Bulgarian: усуча (usuča) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Catalan: tòrcer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 扭 (niǔ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 搓 (cuō) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 捻 (niǎn) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 絞 /绞 (jiǎo) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Czech: kroutit — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Finnish: vääntää — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Finnish: kiertää — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• French: entortiller — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• French: tordre — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Friulian: intorteâ — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Friulian: stuarzi — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Galician: revirar — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Galician: torcer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Georgian: დაგრეხვა (dagrexva) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Georgian: დაკლაკვნა (daḳlaḳvna) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Georgian: მოგრეხვა (mogrexva) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• German: verziehen — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• German: drehen — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• German: wickeln — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Greek: στρίβω (strívo) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Ancient Greek: στρέφω (stréphō) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hebrew: סובב (sovév) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hebrew: פיתל (pitél) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hindi: मोड़ना (moṛnā) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hindi: मरोड़ना (maroṛnā) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hungarian: csavar — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hungarian: teker — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hungarian: sodor — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Hungarian: fon — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Irish: freang — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Irish: sníomh — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Italian: torcere — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Italian: attorcigliare — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Japanese: 捻る (nejiru) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Japanese: 捻る (hineru) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Khmer: មួល (muəl) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Central Kurdish: ئاڵاندن (allandin) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Kyrgyz: өрүү (örüü) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Ladin: storjer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Latin: torqueō — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Linngithigh: ighanhac — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Manx: faast — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Māori: whenu — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Mongolian: эрчлэх (erčlex) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Mongolian: эргүүлэх (ergüülex) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Mongolian: мушгих (mušgix) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Norman: teurtre — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Norwegian: vri — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Occitan: tòrcer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Persian: تافتن (tâftan) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Polish: kręcić — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Portuguese: torcer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Quechua: q'iwiy — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Romanian: răsuci — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Romanian: învârti — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Romanian: întortochea — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Romanian: stoarce — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Russian: скрути́ть (skrutítʹ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Russian: скру́чивать (skrúčivatʹ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Russian: изогну́ть (izognútʹ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Russian: изгиба́ть (izgibátʹ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Russian: крути́ть (krutítʹ) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Sicilian: tòrciri — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Spanish: torcer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Spanish: despescuezar — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Spanish: espescuezar — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Swedish: vrida — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Tagalog: balikukuin — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Tagalog: magbalikuko — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Tagalog: ibalikuko — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Tamil: திருகு (tiruku) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Tày: bjắt — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Thai: บิด (bìt) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Turkish: burmak — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Ottoman Turkish: بورمق (burmak) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Ottoman Turkish: بوكمك (bükmek) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Ukrainian: криви́ти (kryvýty) — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Venetan: tòrxer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Venetan: tòrxar — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Venetan: tòrzer — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Vietnamese: vặn — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Vietnamese: xoắn — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Walloon: toide — to turn the ends in opposite directions
• Bulgarian: суча (suča) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: усуквам (usukvam) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: усуча (usuča) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: сплитам (splitam) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: сплета (spleta) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: вплитам (vplitam) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: вплета (vpleta) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: заплитам (zaplitam) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: заплета (zapleta) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: преплитам (preplitam) — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: преплета (prepleta) — to join together by twining
• Finnish: kiertää — to join together by twining
• Finnish: punoa — to join together by twining
• Georgian: მოდრეკვა (modreḳva) — to join together by twining
• Georgian: მოგრეხვა (mogrexva) — to join together by twining
• Hawaiian: hilo — to join together by twining
• Hungarian: összeteker — to join together by twining
• Hungarian: összecsavar — to join together by twining
• Hungarian: összesodor — to join together by twining
• Hungarian: összefon — to join together by twining
• Māori: kanoi — to join together by twining
• Māori: kārure — to join together by twining
• Māori: whiro — to join together by twining
• Swedish: tvinna — to join together by twining
• Tahitian: hiro — to join together by twining
• Tongan: filofilo — to join together by twining
• Tongan: vilovilo — to join together by twining
• Bulgarian: въртя (vǎrtja) — to turn a knob etc
• Georgian: მობრუნება (mobruneba) — to turn a knob etc
• Georgian: მოტრიალება (moṭrialeba) — to turn a knob etc
• Ancient Greek: στρέφω (stréphō) — to turn a knob etc
• Portuguese: girar — to turn a knob etc
• Russian: верте́ть (vertétʹ) — to turn a knob etc
• Russian: поверну́ть (povernútʹ) — to turn a knob etc
• Bulgarian: извъртам (izvǎrtam) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Bulgarian: извъртя (izvǎrtja) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Bulgarian: изопачавам (izopačavam) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Bulgarian: изопача (izopača) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Czech: překroutit — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Finnish: vääristellä — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Finnish: ymmärtää väärin — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• German: verdrehen — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Hungarian: elferdít — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Hungarian: eltorzít — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Hungarian: kiforgat — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Central Kurdish: ئاڵاندن (allandin) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Portuguese: distorcer — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Russian: искази́ть (iskazítʹ) — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Serbo-Croatian: izvrnuti — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Spanish: sacar punta a — to distort or change the truth or meaning
• Albanian: drredhoj — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Bulgarian: извивам се (izvivam se) — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Bulgarian: извия се (izvija se) — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Esperanto: tordi — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Hungarian: kanyarog — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Hungarian: kígyózik — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Irish: bí ag lúbarnaíl — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Māori: perori — to wind, to follow a wavy course
• Finnish: vääntää — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Finnish: kiertää — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Finnish: kääntää — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Finnish: punoa — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Central Kurdish: ئاڵاندن (allandin) — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Māori: whakariroi — to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
• Albanian: përdrredh — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Azerbaijani: burxutmaq — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Bulgarian: изкълчвам (izkǎlčvam) — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Bulgarian: изкълчвам (izkǎlčvam) — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Georgian: გადატრიალება (gadaṭrialeba) — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Hungarian: megrándít — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Portuguese: torcer — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Spanish: torcerse — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
• Swedish: vricka — to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction