intertwine

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ twine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈtwaɪn/, [-ɾəɹ-]

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧twine

Verb

intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)

1. (transitive)
   1. To twine (things) together.

      Synonym: entwine

      Coordinate terms: interweave, tangle

      • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 240c:

        You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.

   2. To connect (things) closely.
2. (intransitive)
   1. To become twined together.
   2. (figurative) To become mutually involved.

Derived terms

• intertwingle (probably)

Translations

to twine (things) together

• Bulgarian: преплитам (bg) (preplitam)
• Czech: proplést pf
• Finnish: kietoa (fi), punoa (fi)
• French: enchevêtrer (fr), entrelacer (fr)
• Galician: entrelazar (gl)
• German: verflechten (de)
• Ingrian: punnoa
• Italian: intrecciare (it)
• Macedonian: пре́плете (préplete)
• Middle English: twynen
• Occitan: entrelaçar, trenar (oc), natar, trelhar
• Ottoman Turkish: طوقومق (dokumak)
• Portuguese: entrelaçar (pt), trançar (pt)
• Russian: переплета́ть (ru) impf (perepletátʹ), переплести́ (ru) pf (pereplestí), сплета́ть (ru) impf (spletátʹ), сплести́ (ru) pf (splestí)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thoinn
• Spanish: entretejer (es), entrelazar (es)

to become twined together

• Arabic: اِنْضَفَرَ (inḍafara), تَدَاخَلَ (tadāḵala), تَشَابَكَ (tašābaka)
• Bulgarian: преплитам се (preplitam se)
• Czech: proplést se pf
• Finnish: kietoutua, punoutua
• French: s’entrelacer (fr)
• German: sich verflechten (de)
• Italian: intrecciarsi
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تێکخستن (têkxistin)

• Macedonian: се пре́плете (se préplete)
• Portuguese: entrelaçar-se, trançar-se
• Russian: переплета́ться (ru) impf (perepletátʹsja), переплести́сь (ru) pf (pereplestísʹ), сплета́ться (ru) impf (spletátʹsja), сплести́сь (ru) pf (splestísʹ)
• Spanish: entretejerse, entrelazarse (es)
• Swedish: sammanflätas (sv)