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.

Concepten

buurman

buur

buurvrouw

buren

nabuur

gebuur

naaste

medemens

grenzen aan

buuf

ingezetene

inwoner

naburig

bewoner

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

voisin

vicino

vecino

Nachbar

voisine

veí

vizinho

komşu

γείτονας

vecina

Nachbarin

vicina

prójimo

جار

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈneɪbə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: neyghebour

Overgenomen van Oudengels: nēahġebūr

Verwant aan Schots: nichbour

Verwant aan Saterfries: Noaber

Verwant aan Nederlands: nabuur

Verwant aan Duits: Nachbar

Verwant aan Deens: nabo

Verwant aan Noors: nabo

Verwant aan IJslands: nábúi

Verwant aan Fins: naapuri

Verwant aan Estisch: 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”).