intertwine

English

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To twine something together.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 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.

Synonyms

(twine around each other): entwine

Translations

To twine something together

Bulgarian: преплитам (bg) (preplitam)
Finnish: kietoa (fi), punoa (fi)
French: enchevêtrer (fr), entrelacer (fr)
German: verflechten (de)
Occitan: entrelaçar, trenar (oc), natar, trelhar

Portuguese: entrelaçar (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

Bulgarian: преплитам се (preplitam se)
Finnish: kietoutua, punoutua
French: s'entrelacer (fr)
German: sich verflechten (de)
Kurdish:
Sorani: تێکخستن‎ (ku) (tékxistin)

Portuguese: entrelaçar-se
Russian: переплета́ться (ru) impf (perepletátʹsja), переплести́сь (ru) pf (pereplestísʹ), сплета́ться (ru) impf (spletátʹsja), сплести́сь (ru) pf (splestísʹ)
Spanish: entretejerse, entrelazarse
Swedish: sammanflätas

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