twitter

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

piar

gorjear

pipilar

guinchar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

zwitschern

sjilpen

cinguettare

tjilpen

gorjear

kwetteren

piepen

pépier

gazouiller

cinguettio

piepen

piar

singen

pigolio

gazouillement

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtwɪtə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: twitren

Herdado de inglês arcaico: *twiterian

Cognato com baixo alemão: twitteren

Cognato com alemão: zwitzern

Cognato com holandês: kwetteren

Cognato com dinamarquês: kvidre

Cognato com sueco: kvittra

Cognato com sueco: 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”).