intertwine

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈtwaɪn/
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Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

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

(transitive) To twine something together.
- 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.
(intransitive) To become twined together; to become mutually involved.
(transitive) To connect things closely.

Synonyms

(twine around each other): entwine

Coordinate terms

(twine around each other): interweave, tangle

Translations

To twine something 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)