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twin

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"Matching sibling"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /twɪn/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted intwStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give birth to twins

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Matching sibling4 letters
02One of pair4 letters

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