Masculine
Meaning

  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

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/
Etymology

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.

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