twofold

See also: two-fold

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: two     Ordinal: second     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     Group collective: both, pair, twosome     Multipart 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-     Greek fractional prefix: hemi-     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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːfoʊld/

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Adjective

twofold (not comparable)

1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.

   The wheat produced a twofold harvest.

2. 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, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 107:

     It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.

   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy‎^[1]:

     "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) (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
• 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)

having two parts

• Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ar) (ṯunāʔiyy)
• Bulgarian: от две части (ot dve časti)
• Catalan: doble (ca)
• Finnish: kaksinainen
• Hungarian: kétrétű (hu), kétoldalú (hu), kétrészes (hu), kettős (hu)
• Italian: doppio (it) m
• Latin: binus
• Middle English: twifold, twofold
• Polish: dwojaki (pl)
• Russian: двоя́кий (ru) (dvojákij)

Adverb

twofold (not comparable)

1. 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)
• Hungarian: kétszeresen (hu), duplán (hu)
• 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, →OCLC.
• “twofold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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

Alternative forms

• to fold, to folde, two-fold, two fold, twofolde, two-folde, twovold
• (early) twafald, twavalt

Etymology

A remodelling of twifold after two +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/, /ˈtwoːfɔːld/

Adjective

twofold

1. double, twofold (having two parts)
2. double, twofold (two times)
3. (rare) uncertain, wavering

Descendants

• English: twofold

Adverb

twofold

1. In a twofold way; twice.

Descendants

• English: twofold

References

• “twōfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.