Twi

//t͡ʃwiː// name, noun

name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of tolerable weekly intake. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "In May 2001 an expert committee has decided that tolerable doses should be expressed as tolerable weekly intake (TWI) and established TWI = 14 pg/kg."

  2. 2
    Initialism of topographic wetness index. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The key reason for the replacement of oak forests was attributed to the presence of more pines in the surrounding landscape, lower levels of winter precipitation, and Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), a measure which quantifies terrain-driven variation in soil moisture."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A synonym for the Akan language of Ghana, used by all Akan except the Fante.

    "She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it."

  2. 2
    The station code of Twickenham railway station in England.
  3. 3
    Initialism of The Welding Institute, a research organization in the UK. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    The station code of Tin Wing stop in Hong Kong.

Synonyms

All synonyms
diduotwintwy

Example

More examples

"She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it."

Etymology

Borrowed from Twi Twi.

Related phrases

west africa

More for "twi"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.