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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnæɹəʊ/
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• /ˈnæɹoʊ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈnɛɹoʊ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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• Scotland: /ˈnaɾo/
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• Wales: /ˈnaɾou/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -æɹəʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: N AE1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English narow, narowe, narewe, narwe, naru, from Old English nearu (“narrow, strait, confined, constricted, not spacious, limited, petty; limited, poor, restricted; oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind), causing or accompanied by difficulty, hardship, oppressive; oppressed, not having free action; strict, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“constricted, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian naar, noar, noor, nåår (“narrow”), Saterland Frisian noar (“narrow”), Dutch naar (“nasty, scary; sickening, unpleasant”), Danish and Swedish nor (“narrow strait”); also Sanskrit नृत् (nṛt, “to dance; act on stage, represent”).

From Middle English narwen (“to narrow”); see there for more details, but ultimately derived from the noun.

293 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: smal — having small width
• Albanian: i ngushtë — having small width
• Albanian: shtrreit — having small width
• Southern Altai: тар (tar) — having small width
• Arabic: ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq) — having small width
• Arabic: ضيق (dayyiʔ) — having small width
• Arabic: ضَيِّق (ḍayyig) — having small width
• Arabic: مضيق (mḍayyaq) — having small width
• Arabic: مضيقة (mḍayyaqa) — having small width
• Armenian: նեղ (neġ) — having small width
• Aromanian: strãmtu — having small width
• Aromanian: ngustu — having small width
• Asturian: estrechu — having small width
• Asturian: anguiláu — having small width
• Asturian: apertáu — having small width
• Azerbaijani: dar — having small width
• Bashkir: тар (tar) — having small width
• Basque: estu — having small width
• Belarusian: ву́зкі (vúzki) — having small width
• Central Bikol: hayapit — having small width
• Bulgarian: те́сен (tésen) — having small width
• Burmese: ကျဉ်း (kyany:) — having small width
• Burmese: ကျဉ်းကျပ် (kyany:kyap) — having small width
• Carpathian Rusyn: узкый (uzkŷj) — having small width
• Catalan: estret — having small width
• Catalan: estreta — having small width
• Catalan: angost — having small width
• Chechen: готта (gotta) — having small width
• Cherokee: ᏯᏙᏟ (yadotli) — having small width
• Chinese Cantonese: 窄 (zaak3) — having small width
• Chinese Mandarin: 窄 (zhǎi) — having small width
• Ngazidja Comorian: -samivu — having small width
• Crimean Tatar: tar — having small width
• Czech: úzký — having small width
• Danish: snæver — having small width
• Danish: tæt — having small width
• Danish: smal — having small width
• Dutch: nauw — having small width
• Dutch: smal — having small width
• Erzya: теине (tejine) — having small width
• Erzya: тея (teja) — having small width
• Eshtehardi: تینگ (tinga) — having small width
• Esperanto: streta — having small width
• Esperanto: mallarĝa — having small width
• Esperanto: malvasta — having small width
• Estonian: kitsas — having small width
• Ewe: xáxɛ́ — having small width
• Farefare: mika — having small width
• Faroese: smalur — having small width
• Faroese: trongur — having small width
• Faroese: trongligur — having small width
• Faroese: snævur — having small width
• Finnish: kapea — having small width
• Finnish: ahdas — having small width
• French: étroit — having small width
• West-Frisian: smel — having small width
• Friulian: stret — having small width
• Gagauz: dar — having small width
• Gagauz: дар (dar) — having small width
• Galician: estreito — having small width
• Galician: angosto — having small width
• Galician: apertado — having small width
• Georgian: ვიწრო (vic̣ro) — having small width
• German: eng — having small width
• German: begrenzt — having small width
• German: schmal — having small width
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus) — having small width
• Greek: στενός (stenós) — having small width
• Ancient Greek: στενός (stenós) — having small width
• Haitian Creole: jennen — having small width
• Haitian Creole: jis — having small width
• Hebrew: צר (tsar) — having small width
• Higaonon: malig-ut — having small width
• Hindi: तंग (taṅg) — having small width
• Hungarian: szűk — having small width
• Hungarian: keskeny — having small width
• Icelandic: þröngur — having small width
• Indonesian: sempit — having small width
• Ingush: готта (gotta) — having small width
• Irish: cúng — having small width
• Irish: caol — having small width
• Middle Irish: cáel — having small width
• Old Irish: cumung — having small width
• Old Irish: coíl — having small width
• Istriot: strento — having small width
• Italian: stretto — having small width
• Italian: angusto — having small width
• Japanese: 狭い (semai) — having small width
• Javanese: sesak — having small width
• Kanakanabu: ʼanuupica — having small width
• Karachay-Balkar: тар (tar) — having small width
• Karaim: tar — having small width
• Kashubian: wąsczi — having small width
• Kazakh: тар (tar) — having small width
• Khakas: тар (tar) — having small width
• Khmer: ចង្អៀត (cɑŋʔiet) — having small width
• Korean: 좁은 (jobeun) — having small width
• Korean: 좁다 (jopda) — having small width
• Kumyk: тар (tar) — having small width
• Central Kurdish: تەسک (tesk) — having small width
• Kyrgyz: тар (tar) — having small width
• Lao: ຄັບ (khap) — having small width
• Latgalian: šaurs — having small width
• Latin: angustus — having small width
• Latin: artus — having small width
• Latvian: šaurs — having small width
• Limburgish: nej — having small width
• Limburgish: smaal — having small width
• Lithuanian: siauras — having small width
• Macedonian: тесен (tesen) — having small width
• Maguindanao: magaget — having small width
• Malay: sempit — having small width
• Maltese: dojoq — having small width
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: meliɣet — having small width
• Eastern Mari: аҥысыр (aŋysyr) — having small width
• Middle English: narwe — having small width
• Mizo: zím — having small width
• Moksha: тесна (tesna) — having small width
• Mongolian: нарийн (nariin) — having small width
• Nogai: тар (tar) — having small width
• Norman: êtrait — having small width
• Norwegian Bokmål: smal — having small width
• Norwegian Bokmål: trang — having small width
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smal — having small width
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trong — having small width
• Occitan: estreit — having small width
• Occitan: estrech — having small width
• Church Slavic: ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ) — having small width
• Church Slavic: ⱘⰸⱏⰽⱏ (ǫzŭkŭ) — having small width
• Old East Slavic: узъкъ (uzŭkŭ) — having small width
• Oromo: dhiphoo — having small width
• Ossetian: нарӕг (naræg) — having small width
• Persian: تنگ (tang) — having small width
• Plautdietsch: schmaul — having small width
• Plautdietsch: enj — having small width
• Polish: wąski — having small width
• Polish: cienki — having small width
• Portuguese: estreito — having small width
• Portuguese: estreita — having small width
• Quechua: kicki — having small width
• Rapa Nui: rikiriki — having small width
• Rapa Nui: vakavaka — having small width
• Romanian: strâmt — having small width
• Romanian: îngust — having small width
• Romansh: stretg — having small width
• Russian: у́зкий (úzkij) — having small width
• Russian: те́сный (tésnyj) — having small width
• Sanskrit: अंहु (aṃhu) — having small width
• Sardinian: istrintu — having small width
• Sardinian: strintu — having small width
• Scottish Gaelic: caol — having small width
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhang — having small width
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏зак — having small width
• Serbo-Croatian: уски — having small width
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕzak — having small width
• Serbo-Croatian: uski — having small width
• Sherpa: དོག་པུ (dog pu) — having small width
• Shor: тар — having small width
• Sicilian: strittu — having small width
• Slovak: úzky — having small width
• Slovene: ozek — having small width
• Lower Sorbian: wuski — having small width
• Lower Sorbian: huzki — having small width
• Spanish: estrecho — having small width
• Spanish: angosto — having small width
• Swedish: trång — having small width
• Swedish: smal — having small width
• Swedish: långsmal — having small width
• Tabasaran: дар (dar) — having small width
• Tajik: танг (tang) — having small width
• Tamil: குறுகிய (kuṟukiya) — having small width
• Tatar: тыгыз (tığız) — having small width
• Tatar: тар (tar) — having small width
• Tày: cặp — having small width
• Telugu: ఇరుకైన (irukaina) — having small width
• Telugu: సన్నని (sannani) — having small width
• Tetum: kloot — having small width
• Thai: แคบ (kɛ̂ɛp) — having small width
• Tibetan: དོག་པོ (dog po) — having small width
• Tofa: тар — having small width
• Tooro: -taito — having small width
• Tooro: -funda — having small width
• Turkish: dar — having small width
• Turkmen: dar — having small width
• Tuvan: тар (tar) — having small width
• Ukrainian: ву́зький — having small width
• Ukrainian: вузьки́й (vúzʹkyj, vuzʹkýj) — having small width
• Urdu: تنگ (taṅg) — having small width
• Uyghur: تار (tar) — having small width
• Uzbek: tor — having small width
• Venetan: streto — having small width
• Venetan: stret — having small width
• Venetan: strento — having small width
• Venetan: strent — having small width
• Vietnamese: hẹp — having small width
• Vietnamese: chật hẹp — having small width
• Vietnamese: eo hẹp — having small width
• Vietnamese: chật — having small width
• Walloon: stroet — having small width
• Walloon: stroete — having small width
• Welsh: cul — having small width
• Yakut: кыараҕас (kïarağas) — having small width
• Yakut: синньигэс (sinňiges) — having small width
• Yiddish: ענג (eng) — having small width
• Yiddish: שמאָל (shmol) — having small width
• Zazaki: teng (diq) — having small width
• Zealandic: smal — having small width
• Bulgarian: ограничен (ograničen) — of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
• Finnish: kapea-alainen — of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
• Finnish: ahdas — of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
• Finnish: kapea — of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
• Finnish: rajoittunut — of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
• Finnish: ahdas — restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
• German: beschränkt — restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
• German: unflexibel — restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
• Middle English: narwe — restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
• Finnish: ahdas — contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
• Finnish: kapeakatseinen — contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
• German: bigott — contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
• German: engherzig — contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
• Finnish: niukka — having a small margin or degree
• Finnish: täpärä — having a small margin or degree
• Ingrian: pätärä — having a small margin or degree
• Finnish: niukka — limited as to means; straitened; pinching
• Finnish: puutteellinen — limited as to means; straitened; pinching
• German: arm — limited as to means; straitened; pinching
• German: mittellos — limited as to means; straitened; pinching
• Middle English: narwe — limited as to means; straitened; pinching
• Finnish: pihi — parsimonious; niggardly
• Bulgarian: подробен (podroben) — scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
• Bulgarian: щателен (štatelen) — scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
• Finnish: tarkka — scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
• German: genau — scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
• German: exakt — scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
• Finnish: suppea — phonetics: formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate
• Albanian: ngushtoj — to reduce in width or extent
• Albanian: shtrreito (gheg) — to reduce in width or extent
• Armenian: նեղացնել (neġacʻnel) — to reduce in width or extent
• Aromanian: ngustedz — to reduce in width or extent
• Bashkir: тарайтыу (taraytıw) — to reduce in width or extent
• Bulgarian: стеснявам (stesnjavam) — to reduce in width or extent
• Catalan: estrènyer — to reduce in width or extent
• Finnish: kaventaa — to reduce in width or extent
• French: réduire — to reduce in width or extent
• French: rétrécir — to reduce in width or extent
• Georgian: შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba) — to reduce in width or extent
• German: verengen — to reduce in width or extent
• German: einschränken — to reduce in width or extent
• German: beschränken — to reduce in width or extent
• Greek: στενεύω (stenévo) — to reduce in width or extent
• Hungarian: szűkít — to reduce in width or extent
• Latin: angustō — to reduce in width or extent
• Middle English: narwen — to reduce in width or extent
• Polish: zawężać — to reduce in width or extent
• Polish: zawęzić — to reduce in width or extent
• Polish: zwężać — to reduce in width or extent
• Polish: zwęzić — to reduce in width or extent
• Portuguese: estreitar — to reduce in width or extent
• Romanian: îngusta — to reduce in width or extent
• Russian: сужа́ть (sužátʹ) — to reduce in width or extent
• Russian: су́зить (súzitʹ) — to reduce in width or extent
• Serbo-Croatian: су́зити — to reduce in width or extent
• Serbo-Croatian: súziti — to reduce in width or extent
• Spanish: estrechar — to reduce in width or extent
• Spanish: angostar — to reduce in width or extent
• Turkish: daralmak — to reduce in width or extent
• Turkish: darlaşmak — to reduce in width or extent
• Ukrainian: зву́жувати (zvúžuvaty) — to reduce in width or extent
• Ukrainian: зву́зити (zvúzyty) — to reduce in width or extent
• Albanian: ngushtohet — to get narrower
• Armenian: նեղանալ (neġanal) — to get narrower
• Bashkir: тарайыу (tarayıw) — to get narrower
• Bulgarian: стеснявам се (stesnjavam se) — to get narrower
• Danish: snævres — to get narrower
• Egyptian: g-A-w-V32:nDs (gꜣw) — to get narrower
• Faroese: smalka — to get narrower
• Finnish: kaventua — to get narrower
• German: sich verengen — to get narrower
• Greek: στενεύω (stenévo) — to get narrower
• Hungarian: szűkül — to get narrower
• Middle English: narwen — to get narrower
• Polish: zawężać się — to get narrower
• Polish: zawęzić się — to get narrower
• Polish: zwężać się — to get narrower
• Polish: zwęzić się — to get narrower
• Portuguese: estreitar-se — to get narrower
• Russian: сужа́ться (sužátʹsja) — to get narrower
• Russian: су́зиться (súzitʹsja) — to get narrower
• Spanish: estrecharse — to get narrower
• Turkish: daralmak — to get narrower
• Turkish: darlaşmak — to get narrower
• Ukrainian: зву́жуватися (zvúžuvatysja) — to get narrower
• Ukrainian: зву́зитися (zvúzytysja) — to get narrower