twain

Signification (Anglais)

Num

two

Adj

twofold

Noun

Pair, couple.

Verb

To part in twain; divide; sunder.

Concepts

apparier

duo

joug

paire

TWAIN

dyade

twain

Synonymes

couple

👫

pair

two

distich

brace

duo

duad

yoke

a few

🤏

couplet

duet

dyad

mates

span

twosome

fellow

a couple of

twinned

match

mate

🧉

doubleton

Traductions

paio

pareja

👫

parell

parella

zwei

2

diade

👫

twee

2

parelh

dupla

parelha

díade

par

iki

2

iki kulaç

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tweɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tweyne

Hérité de ancien anglais: twēġen

Appartenant à saterlandais: twäin

Appartenant à bas-allemand: twene

Appartenant à allemand: zween

Hérité de moyen anglais: twaynen

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two.
The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.