Twitterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• (noun, verb): twitter

語源

From twitter (“to utter a succession of chirps”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtwɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtwɪ.təɹ/
• 韻: -ɪtə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: Twit‧er

固有名詞

Twitter

1. (trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

   Synonyms: bird app, birdsite

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-10:

     There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

派生語

派生した語

名詞

Twitter (plural Twitters)

1. (Internet, informal) A user account on Twitter.

   I've lost the password to my Twitter.

2. (Internet, informal) A feed on Twitter.
3. (Internet, informal, usually in compounds) A community on Twitter.

   Synonym: -twt (suffix)

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-10:

     There were, of course, many Twitters existing in parallel: Politics Twitter, Sports Twitter, Black Twitter, Weird Twitter. But Twitter and TV went together like extreme weather and marine predators.

動詞

Twitter (third-person singular simple present Twitters, present participle Twittering, simple past and past participle Twittered)

1. (ambitransitive, Internet, sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter.

   Synonym: tweet

   • 2009 February 23, MSNBC, “Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties”, in Access Hollywood‎, retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Stars can’t stop Twittering at Oscars, parties

   • 2009 March 2, Justin Rebello, “Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney"”, in Wisconsin Law Journal‎, retrieved 2 March 2009:

     Eight top-notch tips for the Twittering attorney