neighbour

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (UK) A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
2. (UK) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
3. (UK) A fellow human being.
4. (UK) Anything located directly adjacent to something else.

Verb

1. (UK, transitive) To be adjacent to
2. (UK, figuratively, intransitive) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
3. (UK) To associate intimately with; to be close to.

Sinonieme

neighbor

neighbor

fellowman

fellow man

border

fellow

next-door neighbour

fellow citizen

friend

neighboring

adjoin

contiguous

dweller

habitant

inhabitant

juxtaposed

localise

localize

march

neighborhood

neighbourhood

neighbouring

next

occupant

resident

tangent

tie

vicinal

near-by

abut

acquintance

fellow-villager

near neighbour

fellow inhabitant

abutter

abutting

acquaintance

adjacent

adjoining

associate

borderer

bystander

companion

comrade

Vertalings

voisin

vicino

vecino

Nachbar

voisine

buurman

buur

veí

vizinho

komşu

γείτονας

vecina

buurvrouw

Nachbarin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈneɪbə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: neyghebour

Geërf van Old English: nēahġebūr

Verwante met Skots: nichbour

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Noaber

Verwante met Nederlands: nabuur

Verwante met Duits: Nachbar

Verwante met Deens: nabo

Verwante met Noors: nabo

Verwante met Yslands: nábúi

Verwante met Fins: naapuri

Verwante met Estnies: naaber

In summary

From Middle English neyghebour, neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognate with Scots nichbour (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), German Low German Naber (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Danish nabo (“neighbour”), Norwegian nabo (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”).
Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”).