tweet

== English == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtwiːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ Rhymes: -iːt === Noun === tweet (plural tweets) The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. (social media) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [since 2007] Alternative form: Tweet (social media, by extension) An entry on any microblogging service. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tweet (third-person singular simple present tweets, present participle tweeting, simple past tweeted or (Internet, nonstandard) twote, past participle tweeted or (Internet, nonstandard) twote or (Internet, nonstandard) twoten) (intransitive) To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds. (ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007] Alternative form: Tweet (ambitransitive, social media, by extension) To post an entry to any microblogging site. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === tweet used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit. ==== Translations ==== === See also === twitter Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year === References === === Further reading === 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 book title or journal name)‎[8], American Dialect Society, 8 January 2010 == Catalan == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Noun === tweet m (plural tweets) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) Synonyms: tuit, piulada == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Noun === tweet (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Declension ==== === Verb === tweet imperative of tweete == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʋit/ === Noun === tweet m (plural tweets, diminutive tweetje n) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Related terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twit/ === Noun === tweet m (plural tweets) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) Synonym: twit == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ Rhymes: -it Syllabification: tweet === Noun === tweet m inan (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === tweet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tweet in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tuíte (standard spelling) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tweet m (plural tweets) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tweet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === tuit === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪] Rhymes: -it Syllabification: tweet === Noun === tweet m (plural tweets) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Noun === tweet c (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tweeta twittra === Further reading === “tweet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Alternative forms === twit tivit === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tweet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [t(y)ɥit] === Noun === tweet (definite accusative tweeti, plural tweetler) (social media) tweet (Twitter post) ==== Declension ====