"twist" meaning in Anglais

See twist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈtwɪst\, \twɪst\, twɪst Audio: En-us-twist.ogg Forms: twists [plural]
  1. Force de torsion. Tags: physical
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-noun-W2T-OmOt Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la physique, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Tournant sur la route.
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-noun-SnYaDAVX Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de l’urbanisme, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  3. Tournant dans une histoire. Tags: literary
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-noun-3J~CZfRQ Categories (other): Termes littéraires en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  4. Twist.
  5. Torseur cinématique.
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-noun-9NmpnG7l Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la mécanique, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais Topics: mechanical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (Torseur cinématique): screw Derived forms: twirl, twisty

Verb

IPA: \ˈtwɪst\, \twɪst\, twɪst Audio: En-us-twist.ogg
  1. Tordre.
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-verb-NBhnd3hX Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Détourner (une signification), entortiller. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-twist-en-verb-tS2nFcLu Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: entwine Derived forms: twisted, twister, tongue twister, untwist

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "twirl"
    },
    {
      "word": "twisty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIIIᵉ siècle) De two (« deux ») ; le sens originel est « diviser en deux », de là « se tordre en deux, tordre » ; apparenté à twisten (« se disputer »), twist (« dispute ») en néerlandais, Zwist (« dispute ») en allemand."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "twists",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈtwɪsts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Torseur cinématique",
      "word": "screw"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Force de torsion."
      ],
      "id": "fr-twist-en-noun-W2T-OmOt",
      "tags": [
        "physical"
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de l’urbanisme",
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        "Tournant sur la route."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tournant dans une histoire."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la danse",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la musique",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Twist."
      ],
      "id": "fr-twist-en-noun-uW3BEV~G",
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "Torseur cinématique."
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈtwɪst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\twɪst\\"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-twist.ogg",
      "ipa": "twɪst",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "anglais",
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    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "tordu, dépravé",
      "word": "twisted"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tornade",
      "word": "twister"
    },
    {
      "translation": "virelangue",
      "word": "tongue twister"
    },
    {
      "word": "untwist"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIIIᵉ siècle) De two (« deux ») ; le sens originel est « diviser en deux », de là « se tordre en deux, tordre » ; apparenté à twisten (« se disputer »), twist (« dispute ») en néerlandais, Zwist (« dispute ») en allemand."
  ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To twist someone's arm.",
          "translation": "Tordre le bras de quelqu’un, le forcer à faire quelque chose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tordre."
      ],
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    },
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        }
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        {
          "text": "You’ve twisted my words. That’s not what I meant!",
          "translation": "Vous avez déformé mes mots. Ce n’est pas ce que j’ai voulu dire !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Détourner (une signification), entortiller."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\twɪst\\"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "entortiller",
      "word": "entwine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twist"
}
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    "anglais"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "twirl"
    },
    {
      "word": "twisty"
    }
  ],
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    "(XIIIᵉ siècle) De two (« deux ») ; le sens originel est « diviser en deux », de là « se tordre en deux, tordre » ; apparenté à twisten (« se disputer »), twist (« dispute ») en néerlandais, Zwist (« dispute ») en allemand."
  ],
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      "form": "twists",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈtwɪsts\\"
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Torseur cinématique",
      "word": "screw"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais de la physique",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Force de torsion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "physical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais de l’urbanisme",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tournant sur la route."
      ],
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        "Urbanisme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Termes littéraires en anglais",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tournant dans une histoire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais de la danse",
        "Lexique en anglais de la musique",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Twist."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Lexique en anglais de la mécanique",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Torseur cinématique."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
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    },
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  "word": "twist"
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "tordu, dépravé",
      "word": "twisted"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tornade",
      "word": "twister"
    },
    {
      "translation": "virelangue",
      "word": "tongue twister"
    },
    {
      "word": "untwist"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIIIᵉ siècle) De two (« deux ») ; le sens originel est « diviser en deux », de là « se tordre en deux, tordre » ; apparenté à twisten (« se disputer »), twist (« dispute ») en néerlandais, Zwist (« dispute ») en allemand."
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "To twist someone's arm.",
          "translation": "Tordre le bras de quelqu’un, le forcer à faire quelque chose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tordre."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You’ve twisted my words. That’s not what I meant!",
          "translation": "Vous avez déformé mes mots. Ce n’est pas ce que j’ai voulu dire !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Détourner (une signification), entortiller."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈtwɪst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\twɪst\\"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-twist.ogg",
      "ipa": "twɪst",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-twist.ogg/En-us-twist.ogg.mp3",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "entortiller",
      "word": "entwine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twist"
}

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