English

Noun
twig

1. a small thin branch of a tree or bush

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
(Noun) - from the Germanic root twi-, expressing (forking into) two-ness; cognate with Latin duo (two)

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪɡ|-ɪɡ

Translations

CJKV Characters: �
Dutch: twijg
Finnish: varpu
French: brindille f
German: Zweig m
Italian: ramoscello m
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Middle English: twygge
Scottish Gaelic: bioran m, geug f, meanglan m, ògan m, òganach m, slat#Scottish Gaelic|slat m, sprios m
Spanish: ramita f
Swedish: kvist c

Idioms
off one's twig

Verb

Etymology
From Irish and Scots Gaelic tuig, "to understand"
to twig

1. (colloquial) to realise something; to 'catch on'.

#:He hasn't 'twigged' that we're planning a surprise party for him.

Etymology
(Verb) From Irish tuigim, meaning I understand

Translations

French: entraver, capter
German: mitbekommen, checken
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Scottish Gaelic: tuig

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