Twofold - Wiktionary

See also: two-fold

English

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Cardinal: two     Ordinal: second     Abbreviated ordinal: 2nd     Latinate ordinal: secondary     Reverse order ordinal: second last, 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     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

Alternative forms

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• two-fold

Etymology

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PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two +‎ -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtuːfəʊld/
• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtufoʊld/

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• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtʉːfəʉld/
• (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtʉːfɐʉld/

Adjective

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twofold (not comparable)

1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two. The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
2. 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 […]
   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 107:It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.
   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy‎[1]:"Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

Synonyms

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• (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
• (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual

Derived terms

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• twofoldness

Translations

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Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ar) (ṯunāʔiyy), مُزْدَوِج (muzdawij) Bulgarian: дво́ен (bg) (dvóen) Catalan: doble (ca) Dutch: tweevoudig (nl), tweeledig (nl) Esperanto: duoble Finnish: kaksinkertainen (fi) French: double (fr) Georgian: ორმაგი (ormagi) German: zweifach (de), doppelt (de) Greek: διπλάσιος (el) (diplásios) Ancient: διπλάσιος (diplásios) Hindi: दुगना (hi) (dugnā), दोगुना (hi) (dogunā) Hungarian: kétszeres (hu), dupla (hu), kettős (hu), kétszer annyi/akkora Italian: duplice (it) Latin: duplus (la), duplex (la), timor m Manx: dooblit Maori: rearua Middle English: twofold Old Saxon: twēfald Persian: دوتا (fa) (dotā), دوبرابر (fa) (dobarābar), دوگانه (fa) (dogāne), دوپر (doperr) (dialectal), دوبار (fa) (dobār) Plautdietsch: tweefach Polish: podwójny (pl), podwojony, zdwojony Portuguese: duplo (pt) Russian: двойно́й (ru) (dvojnój), двукра́тный (ru) (dvukrátnyj) Sanskrit: द्वय (sa) (dvaya) Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte Spanish: doble (es) Swahili: maradufu (sw) Swedish: tvåfaldig, dubbel (sv) Telugu: రెండింతలు (te) (reṇḍintalu) Turkish: çifte (tr)

having two parts

Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ar) (ṯunāʔiyy) Bulgarian: от две части (ot dve časti) Catalan: doble (ca) Finnish: kaksinainen (fi) German: zweiteilig (de) Hungarian: kétrétű (hu), kétoldalú (hu), kétrészes (hu), kettős (hu) Italian: doppio (it) m Latin: binus Middle English: twifold, twofold Polish: dwojaki (pl) Russian: двоя́кий (ru) (dvojákij)

Adverb

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twofold (not comparable)

1. In a double degree; doubly.

Synonyms

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• double; see also Thesaurus:twice

Translations

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Bulgarian: двойно (bg) n (dvojno), двукратно (bg) (dvukratno) Czech: dvojnásobně (cs) Dutch: tweevoudig (nl) Finnish: kaksinkertaisesti (fi) Georgian: ორმაგად (ormagad) German: zweifach (de) Greek: διπλάσια (el) (diplásia) Hungarian: kétszeresen (hu), duplán (hu) Italian: doppiamente (it), due punti di vista Polish: podwójnie (pl), dwukrotnie (pl) Russian: вдво́е (ru) (vdvóje), вдвойне́ (ru) (vdvojné) Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte Spanish: doblemente

References

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• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “twofold”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “twofold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

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Cardinal: two, tweye, tweyne     Ordinal: secunde     Adverbial: twie, twies     Multiplier: twofold

Alternative forms

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• to fold, to folde, two-fold, two fold, twofolde, two-folde, twovold
• (early) twafald, twavalt

Etymology

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A remodelling of twifold after two +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/, /ˈtwoːfɔːld/

Adjective

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twofold

1. double, twofold (having two parts)
2. double, twofold (two times)
3. (rare) uncertain, wavering

Descendants

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• English: twofold

Adverb

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twofold

1. In a twofold way; twice.

Descendants

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• English: twofold

References

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• “twōfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.