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See also: twitter
English
Alternative forms
- (noun, verb): twitter
Etymology
From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪ.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
Proper noun
- (trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.
- 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 July 2023:
- There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.
Derived terms
- Anitwitter
- Black Twitter
- EduTwitter
- live-tweet
- retweet
- Rose Twitter
- Stan Twitter
- subtweet
- TGIF
- Twatter
- tweep
- tweeps
- tweet
- tweetable
- tweetaholic
- tweetdom
- tweeter
- tweetfest
- tweetheart
- tweetosphere
- tweetstorm
- tweetup
- twetiquette
- Twibel
- twiction
- twidiot
- twimmolation
- Twiplomacy
- twitfic
- Twitler
- Twitmo
- Twitpocalypse
- Twitterable
- Twitterati
- Twitterature
- Twitterbot
- Twitterdom
- Twitterer
- Twitterese
- Twitterfication
- Twitter freak
- Twitterism
- Twittermob
- Twitter novel
- Twitterrhea
- Twittersphere
- Twitterstorm
- Twitterverse
- Twittizen
- twoosh
- twovel
- -twt
- twt
- twttr
- untweetable
- untweeted
- Weird Twitter
- Xitter
Descendants
- → Chinese: 推特 (Tuītè)
- → Dutch: Twitter
- → French: Twitter
- → Georgian: ტვიტერი (ṭviṭeri)
- → German: Twitter
- → Italian: Twitter
- → Japanese: ツイッター
- → Korean: 트위터 (teuwiteo)
- → Norwegian: Twitter
- → Polish: Twitter
- → Portuguese: Twitter
- → Russian: Тви́ттер (Tvítter)
- → Spanish: Twitter
- → Tamil: ட்விட்டர் (ṭviṭṭar)
- → Ukrainian: Тві́тер (Tvíter)
Translations
online social networking service
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Noun
Twitter (plural Twitters)
- (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.
- I've lost the password to my Twitter.
- (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
- (Internet, informal, usually in compounds) A community on Twitter.
- Synonym: -twt (suffix)
- 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 July 2023:
- There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.
Translations
Verb
Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)
- (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
- Synonym: tweet
- 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood, retrieved 2 March 2009:
- Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties
Translations
tweet — see tweet
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Twitter n (proper noun, strong, genitive Twitter)
Declension
Declension of Twitter [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “Twitter” in Duden online
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Twitter m inan
Declension
Declension of Twitter
Related terms
verb
- tweetować impf
Further reading
- Twitter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Twitter m
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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