Wiktionary

tweet

See also: Tweet

EnglishEdit

the tweet of lovebirds

EtymologyEdit

Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /twiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)

NounEdit

tweet (plural tweets)

  1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  2. (Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [from 2007]
    • 2007, April 22, “Jason Pontin”, in Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme‎[2]:
      Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
    • 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications
      For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
    • 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks:
      A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […]

TranslationsEdit

internet: entry

VerbEdit

tweet (third-person singular simple present tweets, present participle tweeting, simple past tweeted or (internet, very rare) twote, past participle tweeted or (internet, very rare) twoten)

  1. (intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter. [from 2007]
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.
    • 2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service‎[4], retrieved 2017-01-25:
      Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of tweet
infinitive (to) tweet
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tweet tweeted
2nd-person singular tweet, tweetest* tweeted, tweetedst*
3rd-person singular tweets, tweeteth* tweeted
plural tweet
subjunctive tweet
imperative tweet —
participles tweeting tweeted

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

internet: to post an update to Twitter

InterjectionEdit

tweet

  1. An onomatopoeic of bird singing.
    • 1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Love → Building On Fire”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:
      I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds

TranslationsEdit

Translations

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  •   tweet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “'Tweet' 2009 Word of the Year, 'Google' Word of the Decade, as voted by American Dialect Society”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[5], American Dialect Society, 2010-01-08

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Craig Hockenberry (June 28th, 2013), “The Origin of Tweet”, in furbo.org‎[1], archived from the original on 2013-07-02

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English tweet.

NounEdit

tweet m (plural tweets)

  1. tweet
    Synonyms: piulada, tuit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English tweet.

NounEdit

tweet

  1. tweet (Twitter)
    • 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
      ... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ...
    • 2015, Anna Erelle, Forklædt som jihad-brud, Art People →ISBN
      David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tweet
either
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tweet tweeten
tweetet 		tweets tweetsene
tweetene
genitive tweets tweetens
tweetets 		tweets' tweetsenes
tweetenes

VerbEdit

tweet

  1. imperative of tweete

FrenchEdit

NounEdit

tweet m (plural tweets)

  1. a tweet (a message on Twitter)

SynonymsEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English tweet.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tweet m inan

  1. (Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tweet
singular plural
nominative tweet tweety
genitive tweetu tweetów
dative tweetowi tweetom
accusative tweet tweety
instrumental tweetem tweetami
locative tweecie tweetach
vocative tweecie tweety

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • tweet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tweet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

tweet m (plural tweets)

  1. (Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter)

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

tweet m (plural tweets)

  1. tweet
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