twitter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
2. (uncountable) Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
3. (countable) A tremulous broken sound.
4. (countable) A slight trembling of the nerves.
5. (British, countable, informal, regional) Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.
2. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.
3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.
6. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Twitter.

Concepts

pépier

gazouiller

gazouillement

gazouillis

jacasserie

tweeter

gazouilleur

babiller

twitter

chanter

jacasser

Synonymes

chirp

warble

chatter

sing

cheep

peep

chirrup

squeak

tweet

chirping

trill

chitter

twittering

birdsong

howl

flush

excitement

caw

petulance

pip

pipe

prattle

rampage

roar

seethe

singing

song

🎶

spurt

stridulate

tizzy

vocal

whinny

whistle

anthem

chirm

babble

bray

canto

carol

chuckle

croak

dither

ditty

flare up

fluster

fume

giggle

jabber

lay

make noise

Traductions

zwitschern

kwetteren

tjilpen

cinguettare

piepen

sjilpen

gorjear

piar

cinguettio

pipilar

piepen

gorjear

piar

singen

pigolio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtwɪtə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: twitren

Hérité de ancien anglais: *twiterian

Appartenant à bas-allemand: twitteren

Appartenant à allemand: zwitzern

Appartenant à néerlandais: kwetteren

Appartenant à danois: kvidre

Appartenant à suédois: kvittra

Appartenant à suédois: tittra

In summary

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).