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Definition: TWITE |
TWITENoun1. The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris). 2. The European tree sparrow. |
Date "TWITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Crosswords: TWITE |
| English words defined with "TWITE": Mountain linnet. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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| Carduelis flavirostris |
The Twite, Carduelis flavirostris, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
This bird breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia. It is partially resident, but many birds migratefurtherfurther south, or move to the coasts.
Treeless moorland is favoured for breeding. It builds its nest in a bush, laying 4-7 eggs.
This species can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches on coasts and salt marshes. The food is seeds.
It is similar in size and shape to a Linnet, but lacks the red head patch and breast shown by that species and the redpolls. It is brown streaked with black above, with a pink rump. The underparts buff to whitish, streaked with brown. The conical bill is yellow in winter and grey in summer. mainly green, with yellow in the wings and tail.
The call is a distinctive "twit", and the song contains fast trills and twitters.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Twite."
| "TWITE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "TWITE" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 62.5% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
twite | 3 |
duane twite | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TWITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | BJERGIRISK. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fratertje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | linotte bec jaune. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Berghänfling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κιτρινοραμφόσπιζα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Kenderike (Linnet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fanello nordico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Phillip ny sleityn, bytermyn slieau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itetway pintarroxo (linnet, redpoll, robin), pintarrôxo-de-bico-amarelo, Carduelis flavirostris. (various references) "орная чечетка. (various references) pardillo piquigualdo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Acanthis flavirostris, Carduelis flavirostris, RM:chanvalin da muntogna. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words ending with "ite": Blite, Cite, Gite, mite, rite, site, Skrite, sprite, trite, white. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: twit, wite. | |
-2 letters: tet, tew, tie, tit, wet, wit. | |
-3 letters: et, it, ti, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: witted. | |
+2 letters: betwixt, entwist, retwist, twinjet, twinset, twisted, twister, twitted, twitter, wetsuit, wetting, wettish, whitest, whitter, whittle, wittier, written. | |
+3 letters: atwitter, entwists, outwrite, retwists, swiftest, swiftlet, tawniest, thewiest, tweeting, twenties, twiniest, twinjets, twinsets, twisters, twistier, twitched, twitcher, twitches, twitters, twittery, unwitted, wartiest, wetsuits, wettings, whetting, whiteout, whitiest, whitters, whittled, whittler, whittles, whittret, wiftiest, withiest, wittiest, wristlet. | |
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