French word

jumelle

Pronunciation

IPA/ʒymɛl/

Meaning

  • feminine nountwin

Example

Elle est ma jumelle.

She is my twin.

Illustration for jumelle (twin)

More examples

Je parle souvent avec ma jumelle au téléphone.

I often talk with my twin sister on the phone.

Core concept

A girl or woman whose birth has a same-birth counterpart.

Common phrases

  • ma jumelle

    my twin sister

  • une jumelle

    a twin sister

  • mes jumelles

    my twin sisters

Similar words

jumeau: A boy or man born at the same time as his twin brother.
sœur: A girl or woman who shares the same parents as another child.
frère: A boy or man who shares the same parents as another child.
sosie: A person who looks remarkably like someone else.

Definition in French

Désigne une personne née au même accouchement qu'une autre et de sexe féminin.

Word origin

Its path runs from Latin gemellus, a diminutive of geminus, through Old French jumel before the feminine form jumelle became established.

Usage tips

  • In the plural, les jumelles can mean binoculars as well as female twins, so context identifies the intended meaning.

Opposites

  • enfant uniqueonly childnoun

Related words

  • jumelerpairverb
  • jumelagepairingnoun
  • jumelépairedadjective

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