English
/ˈtwɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈtwɪ.tɚ/
noun
Definitions
- The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
- A tremulous broken sound.
- A slight trembling of the nerves.
- Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English twitren inherited from Old English *twiterian inherited from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (chirp, twitter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*twitwizōną
Gloss
chirp, twitter
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atwitter English
- pated English
- twitteration English
- twitterer English
- twitterpated English
- twittersome English
- twittery English
- kvitre Norwegian Bokmål
- *twitwizōną Proto-Germanic
- *twiterian Old English
- twitren Middle English
- zwizzirōn Old High German
- zwitzern Middle High German
- zwitscheren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch