# Twitter
## English
### Alternative forms

* (noun, verb): twitter

### Etymology

From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: Twit‧er

### Proper noun

Twitter
* (trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.
    Synonyms: bird app, birdsite

#### Derived terms

* Anitwitter
* Black Twitter
* EduTwitter
* live-tweet
* retweet
* Rose Twitter
* Stan Twitter
* subtweet
* TGIF
* Twatter
* tweep
* tweeps
* tweet
* tweetable
* tweetaholic
* tweetdom
* tweeter
* tweetfest
* tweetheart
* tweetosphere
* tweetstorm
* tweetup
* twetiquette
* Twibel
* twiction
* twidiot
* twimmolation
* Twiplomacy
* twitfic
* Twitler
* Twitpocalypse
* Twitterable
* Twitterati
* Twitterature
* Twitterbot
* Twitterdom
* Twitterer
* Twitterese
* Twitterfication
* Twitter freak
* Twitterism
* Twittermob
* Twitter novel
* Twitterrhea
* Twittersphere
* Twitterstorm
* Twitterverse
* Twittizen
* twoosh
* twovel
* -twt
* untweetable
* untweeted
* Weird Twitter
* Xitter

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 推特 (Tuītè)
* → Dutch: Twitter
* → French: Twitter
* → Georgian: ტვიტერი (ṭviṭeri)
* → German: Twitter
* → Italian: Twitter
* → Japanese: ツイッター
* → Korean: 트위터 (teuwiteo)
* → Norwegian: Twitter
* → Polish: Twitter
* → Portuguese: Twitter
* → Russian: Тви́ттер (Tvítter)
* → Spanish: Twitter
* → Ukrainian: Тві́тер (Tvíter)

#### Translations
### Noun

Twitter (plural Twitters)
* (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.
    I've lost the password to my Twitter.
* (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
* (Internet, informal, usually in compounds) A community on Twitter.
    Synonym: -twt (suffix)
** 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎:There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

#### Translations
### Verb

Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)
* (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.
    Synonym: tweet
** 2009 March 2, Justin Rebello, “Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney"”, in Wisconsin Law Journal‎, retrieved 2 March 2009:Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney
** 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood‎, retrieved 2 March 2009:Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties

#### Translations
## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Twitter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtvɪtər/, [ˈtʋɪtɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Twitter n (proper noun, strong, genitive Twitter)
* (Internet, trademark) Twitter

#### Derived terms

* twittern

#### Related terms

* Tweet

### Further reading

* “Twitter” in Duden online

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Twitter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtwi.tɛr/
* Rhymes: -itɛr
* Syllabification: Twi‧tter

### Proper noun

Twitter m inan
* (Internet, trademark) Twitter

#### Related terms

* alkotweet
* tweet
* tweetować impf

### Further reading

* Twitter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Twitter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtwɪtər/

### Proper noun

Twitter m
* (Internet, trademark) Twitter
    Synonym: Trydar

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.