adj
Meaning 1
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
twofold
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtuːfəʊld/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈtufoʊld/
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Australian: /ˈtʉːfəʉld/
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New-Zealand: /ˈtʉːfɐʉld/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having two parts, especially two different parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a double degree; doubly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
twice as great or many
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ate a double portion
- the dose is doubled
- a twofold increase
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: double, doubled, two-fold
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities- R.W.Emerson-Frederick Harrison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
- the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
- every episode has its double and treble meaning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: double, dual, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
by a factor of two
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the price increased twofold last year
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: two times
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy) — double
- Arabic: مُزْدَوِج (muzdawij) — double
- Bulgarian: дво́ен (dvóen) — double
- Catalan: doble — double
- Dutch: tweevoudig — double
- Dutch: tweeledig — double
- Esperanto: duoble — double
- Finnish: kaksinkertainen — double
- French: double — double
- Georgian: ორმაგი (ormagi) — double
- German: zweifach — double
- German: doppelt — double
- Greek: διπλάσιος (diplásios) — double
- Ancient Greek: διπλάσιος (diplásios) — double
- Hindi: दुगना (dugnā) — double
- Hindi: दोगुना (dogunā) — double
- Hungarian: kétszeres — double
- Hungarian: dupla — double
- Hungarian: kettős — double
- Hungarian: kétszer annyi/akkora — double
- Italian: duplice — double
- Latin: duplus — double
- Latin: duplex — double
- Latin: timor — double
- Manx: dooblit — double
- Māori: rearua — double
- Middle English: twofold — double
- Old Saxon: twēfald — double
- Persian: دوتا (dotā) — double
- Persian: دوبرابر (dobarābar) — double
- Persian: دوگانه (dogāne) — double
- Persian: دوپر (doperr) — double
- Persian: دوبار (dobār) — double
- Plautdietsch: tweefach — double
- Polish: podwójny — double
- Polish: podwojony — double
- Polish: zdwojony — double
- Portuguese: duplo — double
- Russian: двойно́й (dvojnój) — double
- Russian: двукра́тный (dvukrátnyj) — double
- Sanskrit: द्वय (dvaya) — double
- Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte — double
- Spanish: doble — double
- Swahili: maradufu — double
- Swedish: tvåfaldig — double
- Swedish: dubbel — double
- Telugu: రెండింతలు (reṇḍintalu) — double
- Turkish: çifte — double
- Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy) — having two parts
- Bulgarian: от две части (ot dve časti) — having two parts
- Catalan: doble — having two parts
- Finnish: kaksinainen — having two parts
- French: dual — having two parts
- German: zweiteilig — having two parts
- Hungarian: kétrétű — having two parts
- Hungarian: kétoldalú — having two parts
- Hungarian: kétrészes — having two parts
- Hungarian: kettős — having two parts
- Italian: doppio — having two parts
- Latin: binus — having two parts
- Middle English: twifold — having two parts
- Middle English: twofold — having two parts
- Polish: dwojaki — having two parts
- Russian: двоя́кий (dvojákij) — having two parts
- Bulgarian: двойно (dvojno) — in a double degree
- Bulgarian: двукратно (dvukratno) — in a double degree
- Czech: dvojnásobně — in a double degree
- Dutch: tweevoudig — in a double degree
- Finnish: kaksinkertaisesti — in a double degree
- Georgian: ორმაგად (ormagad) — in a double degree
- German: zweifach — in a double degree
- Greek: διπλάσια (diplásia) — in a double degree
- Hungarian: kétszeresen — in a double degree
- Hungarian: duplán — in a double degree
- Italian: doppiamente — in a double degree
- Italian: due punti di vista — in a double degree
- Polish: podwójnie — in a double degree
- Polish: dwukrotnie — in a double degree
- Russian: вдво́е (vdvóje) — in a double degree
- Russian: вдвойне́ (vdvojné) — in a double degree
- Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte — in a double degree
- Spanish: doblemente — in a double degree