From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes, from twīwa, twīġa "twice"; whence Middle English twie ("twice") + -es.

• IPA: /twaɪs/, [tw̥aɪs]

twice (not comparable)

1. Two times.

   You should brush your teeth twice a day.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:

     He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

2. (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.

• double#Adverb
• doubly#Adverb
• two times
• See also Thesaurus:twice

• French: deux fois
• German: zweimal, doppelt
• Italian: due volte
• Portuguese: duas vezes, duplamente
• Russian: два́жды
• Spanish: dos veces, doblemente