"twite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /twaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: twites [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} twite (plural twites)
  1. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia. Categories (lifeform): True finches Synonyms (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie [Orkney, Scotland], mountain linnet Related terms: linnet Translations (Carduelis flavirostris): жълтоклюно конопарче (žǎltokljuno konoparče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bjergirisk [common-gender] (Danish), frater [masculine] (Dutch), íriskur [masculine] (Faroese), vuorihemppo (Finnish), Berghänfling [masculine] (German), sárgacsőrű kenderike (Hungarian), gleoiseach sléibhe [masculine] (Irish), fanello nordico [masculine] (Italian), rzepołuch [masculine] (Polish), го́рная чечётка (górnaja čečótka) [feminine] (Russian), го́рная конопля́нка (górnaja konopljánka) [feminine] (Russian), bigein-baintighearna [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), vinterhämpling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-twite-en-noun-cGU7j4DZ Disambiguation of True finches: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /twaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: twites [present, singular, third-person], twiting [participle, present], twited [participle, past], twited [past], twit [participle, past], twit [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=twit}} twite (third-person singular simple present twites, present participle twiting, simple past and past participle twited or twit)
  1. Obsolete form of twit. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: twit
    Sense id: en-twite-en-verb-1ckiIY9R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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