Twitter

See also: twitter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪ.tə/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

    Proper noun

    Twitter

    2. (trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.
      Synonyms: bird app, birdsite

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Translations

    Noun

    Twitter (plural Twitters)

    1. (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.
      I've lost the password to my Twitter.
      I deleted Twitter last night. I just can't keep up anymore.
    2. (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
    3. (Internet, informal, usually in compounds) A community on Twitter.
      Synonym: -twt (suffix)

    Translations

    Verb

    Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)

    1. (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
      Synonym: tweet
      • 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood‎[3], archived from the original on 26 February 2009, retrieved 2 March 2009:
        Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties
      • 2009 March 2, Justin Rebello, “Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney"”, in Wisconsin Law Journal‎[4], archived from the original on 17 October 2025, retrieved 2 March 2009:
        Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney

    Translations

    German

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English Twitter.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtvɪtər/, [ˈtʋɪtɐ]
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

      Proper noun

      Twitter n (proper noun, strong, genitive Twitter)

      1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter

      Declension

      Declension of Twitter [sg-only, neuter, strong]
      singular
      indef. def. noun
      nominative ein das Twitter
      genitive eines des Twitter
      dative einem dem Twitter
      accusative ein das Twitter

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      Polish

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      English twitter
      English Twitterubor.
      Polish Twitter

        Unadapted borrowing from English Twitter.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtwi.tɛr/
        • Rhymes: -itɛr
        • Syllabification: Twi‧tter

        Proper noun

        Twitter m inan

        1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter

        Declension

        Declension of Twitter
        singular
        nominative Twitter
        genitive Twittera
        dative Twitterowi
        accusative Twitter, Twittera
        instrumental Twitterem
        locative Twitterze
        vocative Twitterze
        nouns
        verb

        Further reading

        • “Twitter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)

        Welsh

        Etymology

        Borrowed from English Twitter.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtwɪtər/

        Proper noun

        Twitter m

        1. (Internet, trademark) Twitter
          Synonym: Trydar

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of Twitter
        radical soft nasal aspirate
        Twitter Dwitter Nhwitter Thwitter

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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