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| Cardinal:two Ordinal:second Abbreviated ordinal:2nd Latinate ordinal:secondary Reverse order ordinal:second to last,second from last,last but one Latinate reverse order ordinal:penultimate Adverbial:twotimes,twice Multiplier:twofold Latinate multiplier:double Distributive:doubly Germanic collective:pair,twosome Collective of n parts: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 | ||
From earliertwise, fromMiddle Englishtwies,twiȝes, fromOld Englishtwīġes(“twice”), fromtwīwa,twīġa("twice"; whence Middle Englishtwie(“twice”)) +-es(adverbial genitive ending). Related toSaterland Frisiantwäie(“twice”),Middle Low Germantwiges,twies(“twice”),Middle High Germanzwies(“twice”). Compare alsotwi- meaning two or both.
twice (notcomparable)
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