# 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: /ˈtwiːt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtwit/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːt

### Noun

tweet (plural tweets)
* The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
** 1934 April 7, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 104:[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.
* (social media) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [since 2007]
    Alternative form: Tweet
** 2007 April 22, Jason Pontin, “Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme”, in International Herald-Tribune‎:Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe.
** 2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications:For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type.
** 2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks:A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […]
* (social media, by extension) An entry on any microblogging service.
** 2023 August 3, Kristen Holmes, The Lead with Jake Tapper‎, CNN:He was watching the media coverage, talking to his lawyers. And we saw that because of his tweets on Truth Social, or his posts on Truth Social.

#### 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) twoten)
* (intransitive) To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
** 1934 April 7, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 104:[Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it.
* (ambitransitive, social media) To post an update to Twitter. [since 2007]
** 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian‎:In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family.
** 2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service‎, retrieved 2017-01-25:=Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"
** 2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 44:First, an apology. Tweet in haste and repent at leisure. When I first heard about the idea, before I had properly examined it, I actually tweeted that this was [a] welcome 'innovation' from a state-controlled train operator.
* (ambitransitive, social media, by extension) To post an update to any microblogging site.
** 2023 September 17, Lou Kettering, “Federal prosecutors in DC 2020 election interference case request order to prohibit Trump making ‘inflammatory’ and ‘misleading’ statements”, in Jurist‎:In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social
** 2024 April 17, Doktor Zoom, “New York Times Joins Chris Rufo In Mean Girls Finger-Snapping At NPR CEO”, in Wonkette‎:As Georgetown public policy prof Dan Moynihan tweeted on Bluesky yesterday, the editors of the Times “are not falling for [Rufo’s] game, they are co-producing it.”

#### Derived terms

* live-tweet
* quote tweet
* retweet
* subtweet
* tweeter
* tweetup

#### Related terms

* skeet
* toot
* xeet

#### Translations
### Interjection

tweet
* used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.
** 1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Love → Building On Fire”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds

#### Translations
### See also

* twitter
* Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

### References

* ↑ Craig Hockenberry (2013 June 28) “The Origin of Tweet”, in furbo.org‎, archived from the original on 2013-07-02

### 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)‎, American Dialect Society, 2010 January 8

## 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)
** 2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2015, Anna Erelle, Forklædt som jihad-brud, Art People, →ISBN:David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### Verb

tweet
* imperative of tweete

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tweet

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʋit/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tweet m (plural tweets, diminutive tweetje n)
* (social media) tweet (Twitter post)

#### Related terms

* retweet
* tweeten

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tweet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /twit/

### Noun

tweet m (plural tweets)
* (social media) tweet (Twitter post)
    Synonym: twit

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tweet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtwit/
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: tweet

### Noun

tweet m inan
* (social media) tweet (Twitter post)

#### Derived terms

* alkotweet
* tweetować impf

#### Related terms

* Twitter

### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /tuˈi.t͡ʃi/ [tʊˈi.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwi.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /tuˈi.t͡ʃi/ [tʊˈi.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwi.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tuˈi.te/ [tʊˈi.te], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwi.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtwi.tɨ/

### Noun

tweet m (plural tweets)
* (social media) tweet (Twitter post)

#### Related terms

* retweetar, retuitar
* tuitaço
* tweetar, tuitar
* twitteiro, tuiteiro

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tweet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
* Rhymes: -it

### 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)

#### Related terms

* tweeta
* twittra

### Further reading

* tweet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* twit
* tivit

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tweet.

### Noun

tweet (definite accusative tweeti, plural tweetler)
* (social media) tweet (Twitter post)

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
tweet
tweetler
definite accusative
tweeti
tweetleri
dative
tweete
tweetlere
locative
tweette
tweetlerde
ablative
tweetten
tweetlerden
genitive
tweetin
tweetlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetim
tweetlerim
2nd singular
tweetin
tweetlerin
3rd singular
tweeti
tweetleri
1st plural
tweetimiz
tweetlerimiz
2nd plural
tweetiniz
tweetleriniz
3rd plural
tweetleri
tweetleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetimi
tweetlerimi
2nd singular
tweetini
tweetlerini
3rd singular
tweetini
tweetlerini
1st plural
tweetimizi
tweetlerimizi
2nd plural
tweetinizi
tweetlerinizi
3rd plural
tweetlerini
tweetlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetime
tweetlerime
2nd singular
tweetine
tweetlerine
3rd singular
tweetine
tweetlerine
1st plural
tweetimize
tweetlerimize
2nd plural
tweetinize
tweetlerinize
3rd plural
tweetlerine
tweetlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetimde
tweetlerimde
2nd singular
tweetinde
tweetlerinde
3rd singular
tweetinde
tweetlerinde
1st plural
tweetimizde
tweetlerimizde
2nd plural
tweetinizde
tweetlerinizde
3rd plural
tweetlerinde
tweetlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetimden
tweetlerimden
2nd singular
tweetinden
tweetlerinden
3rd singular
tweetinden
tweetlerinden
1st plural
tweetimizden
tweetlerimizden
2nd plural
tweetinizden
tweetlerinizden
3rd plural
tweetlerinden
tweetlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
tweetimin
tweetlerimin
2nd singular
tweetinin
tweetlerinin
3rd singular
tweetinin
tweetlerinin
1st plural
tweetimizin
tweetlerimizin
2nd plural
tweetinizin
tweetlerinizin
3rd plural
tweetlerinin
tweetlerinin :