twofold
See also: two-fold
English
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| Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Latinate ordinal: secondary Reverse order ordinal: second to last, second from last, last but one Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate Adverbial: two times, twice Multiplier: twofold Latinate multiplier: double Distributive: doubly Group collective: both, pair, twosome Multipart collective: doublet, couple, couplet Greek or Latinate collective: dyad Metric collective prefix: double- Greek collective prefix: di-, duo- Latinate collective prefix: bi- Fractional: half Metric fractional prefix: demi- Latinate fractional prefix: semi- Greek fractional prefix: hemi- Elemental: twin, doublet Greek prefix: deutero- Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet Number of years: biennium | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
| PIE word |
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| *dwóh₁ |
From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːfoʊld/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
twofold (not comparable)
- Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
- The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
- Having two parts, especially two different parts.
- a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.
- Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]
Synonyms
- (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
- (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual
Derived terms
Translations
double
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having two parts
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Synonyms
- double; see also Thesaurus:twice
Translations
in a double degree
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References
- “twofold”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “twofold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
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| Cardinal: two, twei Ordinal: secunde Adverbial: twie, twies Multiplier: twofold | ||
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/, /ˈtwoːfɔːld/
Adjective
twofold
Descendants
- English: twofold
Descendants
- English: twofold
References
- “twōfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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