twin

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.

(US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.

(slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A close friend.

tweeling

either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects

mello

Colombian Caribbean Coast, dizygotic sibling

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinahz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish tvilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).


twin

(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.

(intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.

Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.

Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.

Still we moved / Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.

1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 1”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

Yet, Manet heightens its effect by performing the clever ocular trick of practically twinning her with her pictorial counterpart, Madame Lejosne.

2006, Aruna D'Souza, Tom McDonough, Tom Mc Donough, The Invisible Flâneuse?: Gender, Public Space, and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-century Paris, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 60:

(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.

“I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”

1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

Twinning today is abnormal in all higher primates, and possibly adaptive only in the one species with an obstetrical technology that permits a high rate of survival of twins.

1992, George Christopher Williams, Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 79:

The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.

2009, Kathryn Bond Stockton, The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 111:

I was awake to the horror of our twinning each other in paralysis, and feared that we would soon talk only about the daily, intimate care serious paralysis demands […]

2017, Christina Crosby, A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 111:

(transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.

“I see you got us twinning today.” Byrd kissed Lay quickly. “I wanted you to dress like me today,” he admitted.

2018, Vivian Blue, Your Heart Is Mine: A Criminal Romance, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:

“We're totally twinning today!” said Zoey. “You sure are,” said Chef Piper. “I whipped up a special dessert for tonight.”

2019, Lisa Mullarkey, Paisley, ABDO, →ISBN, page 17:

(intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.

en-verb

twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)

twins (present singular third-person)
twinning (participle present)
twinned (participle past)
twinned (past)
twynne (alternative)


twin

twin beds, twin socks

Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.

the twin boys

From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”).


twin

twin (masculine nominative singular)
twin (feminine nominative singular)
twin (neuter nominative singular)
twinne (accusative masculine singular)
twinne (accusative feminine singular)
twin (accusative neuter singular)
twinnes (genitive masculine singular)
twinre (feminine genitive singular)
twinnes (genitive neuter singular)
twinnum (dative masculine singular)
twinre (dative feminine singular)
twinnum (dative neuter singular)
twinne (instrumental masculine singular)
twinre (feminine instrumental singular)
twinne (instrumental neuter singular)
twinne (masculine nominative plural)
twinna (feminine nominative plural)
twinne (feminine nominative plural)
twin (neuter nominative plural)
twinne (accusative masculine plural)
twinna (accusative feminine plural)
twinne (accusative feminine plural)
twin (accusative neuter plural)
twinra (genitive masculine plural)
twinra (feminine genitive plural)
twinra (genitive neuter plural)
twinnum (dative masculine plural)
twinnum (dative feminine plural)
twinnum (dative neuter plural)
twinnum (instrumental masculine plural)
twinnum (feminine instrumental plural)
twinnum (instrumental neuter plural)
twinna (masculine nominative singular)
twinne (feminine nominative singular)
twinne (neuter nominative singular)
twinnan (accusative masculine singular)
twinnan (accusative feminine singular)
twinne (accusative neuter singular)
twinnan (genitive masculine singular)
twinnan (feminine genitive singular)
twinnan (genitive neuter singular)
twinnan (dative masculine singular)
twinnan (dative feminine singular)
twinnan (dative neuter singular)
twinnan (instrumental masculine singular)
twinnan (feminine instrumental singular)
twinnan (instrumental neuter singular)
twinnan (masculine nominative plural)
twinnan (feminine nominative plural)
twinnan (neuter nominative plural)
twinnan (accusative masculine plural)
twinnan (accusative feminine plural)
twinnan (accusative neuter plural)
twinra (genitive masculine plural)
twinnena (genitive masculine plural)
twinra (feminine genitive plural)
twinnena (feminine genitive plural)
twinra (genitive neuter plural)
twinnena (genitive neuter plural)
twinnum (dative masculine plural)
twinnum (dative feminine plural)
twinnum (dative neuter plural)
twinnum (instrumental masculine plural)
twinnum (feminine instrumental plural)
twinnum (instrumental neuter plural)