Siamese twin

Siamese twin

English

Etymology

Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Siam (modern Thailand), were known as the "Siamese twins".

Noun

Siamese twin (plural Siamese twins)

1. A conjoined twin; one of two people physically joined together.
2. (linguistics) Either of a pair of words that occur together as an idiomatic expression or collocation, as in "hammer and sickle", "short and sweet", or "spick and span".

Usage notes

Some consider the term "Siamese twin" to be offensive, as it inordinately links Thais and Thailand to the birth defect.

Derived terms

• Siamese Twins / Siamese Twins Galaxies / Siamese Twin Galaxies / Siamese Twins Galaxy / Siamese Twin Galaxy

Translations

conjoined twin

Danish: siamesisk tvilling c Dutch: Siamese tweeling m Esperanto: siama ĝemelo French: frère siamois m, sœur siamoise f German: siamesischer Zwilling (de) m Hungarian: sziámi iker Indonesian: kembar siam (id) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: cêwiyên siyamî (ku) n pl, hevalcêmkên pêkve n pl Malay: kembar Siam Mongolian: сиамын ихэр (siamyn ixer) Norwegian: Bokmål: siamesisk tvilling m Nynorsk: siamesisk tvilling m Polish: bliźnię syjamskie n Portuguese: gémeo siamês m (Portugal), gêmeo siamês m (Brazil) Romanian: geamăn siamez m, geamănă siameză f Russian: сиа́мский близне́ц m (siámskij bliznéc) Spanish: siamés Swedish: siamesisk tvilling c Turkish: Siyam ikizi, yapışık ikiz

Further reading

• Conjoined twins on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Siamese twins (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Siamese twins (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia