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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024twain /tweɪn/USA pronunciation adj., n. - two:Never the twain shall meet (= Never the two shall meet, said of people or things that are in great disagreement).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twain (twān),USA pronunciation adj., n. - two.
- bef. 900; Middle English twayn origin, originally, nominative and accusative masculine, Old English twēgen (compare two); cognate with obsolete German zween
- Biographical Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: twain /tweɪn/ determiner , n - an archaic word for two
Etymology: Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Twain /tweɪn/ n - Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
- Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)
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