Plural of twin
regular plural
The plural of twin is twins.
Forms of twin
| Singular | twin /twɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | twins /twɪnz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Twins in a sentence
- The twins are coming over this afternoon.
- Twinning today is abnormal in all higher primates, and possibly adaptive only in the one species with an obstetrical technology that permits a high rate of survival of twins.1992, George Christopher Williams, Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 79
- Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.From the entry sister-in-law
- When I met the twins, I thought I was seeing double.From the entry double
- Twins are physically alike, that is, similar-looking people on the outside.From the entry alike
Meaning of twin
- noun Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- noun Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.
- noun Either of two or more things, people, etc. that share a single feature.
Questions about the plural of twin
- What is the plural of twin?
- The plural of twin is twins.
- Is twin countable?
- Twin is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twin (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of twin.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/twin. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.