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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 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
Etymology From Middle English twofold Old English twēofeald two -fold Icelandic tvöfalt Dutch tweevoudig
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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 1879 Pindar chapter 7 , page 107 :It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.
2014 Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold ."
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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
Swedish: tvåfaldig dubbel (sv)
Telugu: రెండింతలు (te) ( reṇḍintalu )
Turkish: çifte (tr)
Adverb twofold (not comparable )
In a double degree; doubly .
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References William Dwight Whitney , Benjamin E Smith , editors (1911 ), “twofold ”, in The Century Dictionary The Century Co. , →OCLC “twofold ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC
Middle English
Etymology A remodelling of twifold two -fold
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/ , /ˈtwoːfɔːld/
Adjective twofold
double , twofold ( having two parts ) double , twofold ( two times ) ( rare ) uncertain , wavering
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Adverb twofold
In a twofold twice .
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