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Etymology 1

Old English twigge, from Proto-Germanic *twīǥan (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dwigha (compare Old Church Slavonic dvigŭ 'branch', Albanian degë 'id.'), from *dwó 'two'. More at two.

Pronunciation

Noun

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Wikipedia twig (plural twigs)

  1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
Translations
a small thin branch
  • CJKV Characters: 杪
  • Dutch: twijg nl(nl)
  • Finnish: varpu fi(fi)
  • French: brindille fr(fr) f.
  • German: Zweig de(de) m.
  • Hungarian: gally hu(hu)
  • Italian: ramoscello it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 小枝 ja(ja) (koeda)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Irish and Scots Gaelic tuig, "to understand"

Verb

to twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

  1. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to 'catch on'.
    He hasn't 'twigged' that we're planning a surprise party for him.
Translations
to realise something
  • French: entraver fr(fr), capter fr(fr)
  • German: mitbekommen, checken
  • Japanese: 気づく ja(ja) (kizuku)

 

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