twitter

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

piepen

sjilpen

tjilpen

kwetteren

gekwetter

getjilp

tjielpen

trillen

trilling

zenuwachtigheid

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

zwitschern

gorjear

cinguettare

pépier

gazouiller

piar

cinguettio

pipilar

piepen

gorjear

piar

singen

pigolio

gazouillement

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtwɪtə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: twitren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *twiterian

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: twitteren

Verwant aan Duits: zwitzern

Verwant aan Nederlands: kwetteren

Verwant aan Deens: kvidre

Verwant aan Zweeds: kvittra

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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”).