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Added 9 October 2026

twice

/twaɪs/ adverb

In Latin: bis Wiktionary

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Two times.
You should brush your teeth twice a day.
Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.

Origin

From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes (“twice”), from twīwa, twīġa ("twice"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twice”). Equivalent to twi- (“(in) two; both”) + -ce. Similarly constructed to the prefixes bis- and dis-, borrowed from Indo-European cognates.

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