twine

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A twist; a convolution.
2. (countable, uncountable) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of twining or winding round.
4. (countable, uncountable) Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

Verb

1. (transitive) To weave together.
2. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
3. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
4. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
5. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
6. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
7. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
8. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
9. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

Verb

Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).

Concepts

ficelle

tresser

enrouler

tisser

natter

vent

corde

🪢

fil retors

convolution

bitord

corde mince

fil de caret

dentelle

entortiller

entrelacer

harnais

tordre

torsion

Synonymes

string

🪢

braid

twist

plait

cord

wreathe

entwine

wind

rope

🪢

weave

thread

🧵

coil

lace

roll

curl

loop

➿

spiral

intertwine

twirl

line

enlace

distort

cable

interlace

wrap

ribbon

🎀

band

tie

lap

coil around

wind around

convulate

belt

wring

intwine

knot

🪢

knit

bind

interweave

hawser

tether

spin

strand

packthread

entangle

circumvent

enfold

circumnavigate

embrace

dragnet

Traductions

vlechten

entrançar

trançar

spago

bramante

flechten

plectere

trenzar

entrelazar

trenar

schlingen

winden

entrecruzar

cordicella

zwirnen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/twaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: twyn

Hérité de ancien anglais: twīn

Hérité de moyen anglais: twinen

Hérité de ancien anglais: *twīnian

Appartenant à néerlandais: twijnen

Appartenant à danois: tvinde

Appartenant à suédois: tvinna

Appartenant à islandais: tvinna

In summary

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-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).