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English

Etymology
OE. neahgebur|n�ahġebūr.

Alternative spellings
neighbor italbrac|US

Pronunciation
IPA: /'neɪb�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪb�(r)|-eɪb�(r)

Noun
en-noun CE

1. A person living on adjacent or nearby land.

#: My neighbour has an annoying cat
#: They're our neighbours across the street
#: My neighbour is very irritable and grumpy at times.

Translations
trans-top|a person living on adjacent or nearby land
Arabic: Arab|جار IPAchar|(j�r) m
Catalan: veí m
Chinese: �� (línjū)
Croatian: t-|hr|susjed|m
Czech: t-|cs|soused|m
Danish: t+|da|nabo
Dutch: buur; buurman m, buurvrouw f, buren p
Esperanto: t-|eo|najbaro|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: naaber
Finnish: t+|fi|naapuri
French: t+|fr|voisin|m, t+|fr|voisine|f
German: t+|de|Nachbar|m
Greek: t+|el|γεί�ονα�|m|trgeítonas|scGrek, t|el|γει��νι��α|f|trgeitónissa|scGrek
Hungarian: t+|hu|szomszéd
Indonesian: t+|id|tetangga|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|vicino|m, t-|it|vicina|f
Japanese: �人 (����, rinjin)
Korean: ���� (iutsaram)
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Kurdish:

Lower Sorbian: sused m
Macedonian: �о�ед (sosed) m
Norwegian: t-|no|nabo|m
Old English: t-|ang|neahgebur|m|altn�ahġebūr|xsOld English, t-|ang|neahbuend|m|altn�ahbūend|xsOld English
Polish: t|pl|s�siad|m
Portuguese: vizinho m
Romanian: t-|ro|vecin|m
Russian: t+|ru|�о�ед|m|trsoséd|scCyrl
Serbian: sused m, susedkinja f
Slovak: t-|sk|sused|m
Slovene: t+|sl|sosed|m
Spanish: t+|es|vecino|m, t-|es|vecina|f, t-|es|prójimo|m, t-|es|prójima|f
Swahili: jirani (noun 9/10)
Swedish: granne; nabo
Turkish: t-|tr|kom�u
Upper Sorbian: susod m
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Verb
en-verb CE

1. To be adjacent to (more often used as neighbouring)

#: Though France neighbours Germany, its culture is significantly different

Translations
trans-top|to be adjacent to
German: benachbart sein
Greek: t|el|γει�ονε��||trgeitonévo|scGrek
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Polish: s�siadowa�
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Related terms
neighbourhood
neighbouring
neighbourly

de:neighbour
fr:neighbour
ko:neighbour
hy:neighbour
io:neighbour
id:neighbour
it:neighbour
hu:neighbour
pl:neighbour
fi:neighbour
ta:neighbour
te:neighbour
vi:neighbour
zh:neighbour

• 2007-12-21 16:49 - Tbot - added t for hr, de, id, pl, sk, sl

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