twofold

See also: two-fold

English

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Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Latinate ordinal: secondary Adverbial: two times, twice Multiplier: twofold Latinate multiplier: double Distributive: doubly Collective: both, pair, twosome Multiuse collective: 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- Elemental: twin, doublet Greek prefix: deutero- Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet Number of years: biennium

Alternative forms

two-fold

Etymology

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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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 […]
- 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy
  "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

twofoldness

Translations

double

Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ‎ (ar) (ṯunāʾiyy), مُزْدَوِج‎ (muzdawij)
Bulgarian: дво́ен (bg) (dvóen)
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)
Italian: duplice (it)
Latin: duplus (la), duplex (la), timor m
Manx: dooblit
Maori: rearua
Middle English: twofold
Old Saxon: twēfald
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)
Telugu: రెండింతలు (te) (reṇḍintalu)
Turkish: çifte (tr)

having two parts

Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ‎ (ar) (ṯunāʾiyy)
Bulgarian: от две части (ot dve časti)
Finnish: kaksinainen
Italian: doppio (it) m
Latin: binus
Middle English: twifold, twofold
Polish: dwojaki (pl)

Adverb

twofold (not comparable)

In a double degree; doubly.

Synonyms

double; see also Thesaurus:twice

Translations

in a double degree

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)
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

twofold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
twofold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Middle English

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Cardinal: two, twei Ordinal: secunde Adverbial: twie, twies Multiplier: twofold