tweeling

Significat (Anglès)

1. (masculine) a pair of twins; said of people and other mammals
2. (masculine, plural, plural-only, uncommon, usually) each of two twin siblings
3. (masculine) a vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair

Conceptes

bessó

bessons

Sinònims

drieling

vierling

Traduccions

twin

twins

Zwilling

gemello

jumeau

gêmeo

gemelo

δίδυμος

çift

jumeaux

Zwillinge

gêmeos

gemelli

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: twiling

Heretat de Old Dutch: *twinling

Cognat amb alemany: Zwilling

Cognat amb anglès: twinling

Cognat amb danès: tvilling

In summary

From Middle Dutch twiling, twilling, tweiling, from Old Dutch *twinling, possibly from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz (compare German Zwilling, English twinling, Danish tvilling). By surface analysis, twee (“two”) + -ling.

Frases

Ze is in verwachting van een tweeling .

She's expecting twins.