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• Received-Pronunciation: /nɪə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: nîr
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• British, Southern, Standard: /nɪː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /nɪj.ə/
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• /nɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• Australian: nîr
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• Australian: /nɪə̯/
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• Australian: [nɪː]
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• New-Zealand: nîr
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• New-Zealand: /niə̯/
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• Canada, General-American: nîr
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• Canada, General-American: /nɪɹ/
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• Scotland: /niɾ/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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From Middle English nere, ner, from Old English nēar (“nearer”, comparative of nēah (“nigh”), the superlative would become next), influenced by Old Norse nær (“near”), both originating from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz (“nearer”), comparative of the adverb *nēhw (“near”), from the adjective *nēhwaz, ultimately from Pre-Proto-Germanic *h2nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h2neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian nai, noi, näi (“close, near”), Saterland Frisian nai (“close, near”), Dutch na (“close”), naar (“to, towards”), Dutch Low Saxon nao (“after”), German nach (“after”), nahe (“near”), näher (“nearer”), German Low German nao, nå (“towards”), Luxembourgish no (“after”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk nær (“close, near”), Swedish när, nära (“close, near”), Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐍈 (nēƕ, “close, near”). See also nigh. Near appears to be derived from (or at the very least influenced by) the North Germanic languages; as opposed to nigh, which continues the inherited West Germanic adjective. Both, however, are ultimately derived from the same Proto-Germanic root: *nēhw (“near, close”).

Scottish surname, probably shortened/altered from McNair.

From Middle English nēre, neere (“kidney, abdomen; (pl.) seat of emotions”), probably from unattested Old English *nēora, *nīora, from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic *neurô; but alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German nêre. Cognate with Scots nere, neir, German Niere, Dutch nier, Norwegian nyre, Icelandic nýra, and more distantly Latin nefronēs pl (Praeneste dialect), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós), all meaning both “kidney” and “testicle”. In most English dialects, this word survived only as a fossil in the second syllable of kidney (earlier kide-nēre), wherein the original r was apparently replaced with y.

389 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: naby — physically close
• Albanian: i afërt — physically close
• Arabic: قَرِيب (qarīb) — physically close
• Arabic: قريب (grīb) — physically close
• Arabic: قَرِيب (garīb) — physically close
• Juba Arabic: geriib — physically close
• Aragonese: amanato — physically close
• Aragonese: prosimo — physically close
• Aragonese: chunto — physically close
• Armenian: մոտ (mot) — physically close
• Armenian: մոտիկ (motik) — physically close
• Armenian: մերձ (merj) — physically close
• Aromanian: aproapea (roa-rup) — physically close
• Aromanian: aproapi (roa-rup) — physically close
• Asturian: cercanu — physically close
• Asturian: próximu — physically close
• Asturian: vecín — physically close
• Asturian: xuntu — physically close
• Azerbaijani: yaxın — physically close
• Bashkir: яҡын (yaqın) — physically close
• Belarusian: блі́зкі (blízki) — physically close
• Belarusian: блі́жні (blížni) — physically close
• Central Bikol: harani — physically close
• Bouyei: jaec — physically close
• Bulgarian: бли́зък (blízǎk) — physically close
• Bulgarian: бли́жен (blížen) — physically close
• Burmese: နီး (ni:) — physically close
• Catalan: a prop — physically close
• Catalan: a la vora — physically close
• Cebuano: duol — physically close
• Chinese Cantonese: 近 (kan5) — physically close
• Chinese Mandarin: 近 (jìn) — physically close
• Chuvash: ҫывӑх (śyvăh) — physically close
• Corsican: vicinu — physically close
• Czech: blízký — physically close
• Danish: nær — physically close
• Dolgan: чугас — physically close
• Dutch: nabij — physically close
• Dutch: dichtbij — physically close
• Erzya: маласонь (malasoń) — physically close
• Esperanto: proksima — physically close
• Esperanto: apuda — physically close
• Estonian: lähedal — physically close
• Finnish: läheinen — physically close
• Finnish: lähellä oleva — physically close
• Finnish: lähellä — physically close
• French: près — physically close
• French: proche — physically close
• Friulian: vicin — physically close
• Galician: preto — physically close
• Galician: próximo — physically close
• Georgian: ახლო (axlo) — physically close
• Georgian: ახლოს (axlos) — physically close
• Georgian: მახლობლად (maxloblad) — physically close
• German: nah — physically close
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈 (nēƕ) — physically close
• Ancient Greek: πλησίος (plēsíos) — physically close
• Haitian Creole: pwòch — physically close
• Hebrew: קָרוֹב (karóv) — physically close
• Higaonon: madani — physically close
• Hindi: निकट (nikaṭ) — physically close
• Hindi: पास (pās) — physically close
• White Hmong: ze — physically close
• Hungarian: közel — physically close
• Hungarian: közeli — physically close
• Icelandic: skammt — physically close
• Ido: proxim — physically close
• Indonesian: dekat — physically close
• Iranun: marani — physically close
• Irish: dlúth — physically close
• Italian: vicino — physically close
• Japanese: 近い (chikai) — physically close
• Javanese: cedhak — physically close
• Kashubian: blisczi — physically close
• Kazakh: жақын (jaqyn) — physically close
• Khmer: ជិត (cɨt) — physically close
• Korean: 가깝다 (gakkapda) — physically close
• Kumyk: ювукъ (yuwuq) — physically close
• Central Kurdish: نزیک (nzîk) — physically close
• Northern Kurdish: nêzik — physically close
• Kyrgyz: жакын (jakın) — physically close
• Ladino: serka — physically close
• Lao: ໃກ້ (kai) — physically close
• Latgalian: tyvai — physically close
• Latgalian: tiuli — physically close
• Latgalian: kluot — physically close
• Latin: propinquus — physically close
• Latin: proximus — physically close
• Latvian: tuvu — physically close
• Latvian: klāt — physically close
• Latvian: tuvs — physically close
• Ligurian: vixìn — physically close
• Ligurian: vexìn — physically close
• Lithuanian: artimas — physically close
• Lü: ᦺᦂᧉ (k̇ay2) — physically close
• Macedonian: бли́зок (blízok) — physically close
• Malay: dekat — physically close
• Brunei Malay: ampir — physically close
• Brunei Malay: dakat — physically close
• Maltese: qrib — physically close
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨᠴᡳ (hanci) — physically close
• Mansaka: apit — physically close
• Māori: tūtata — physically close
• Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl) — physically close
• Central Sierra Miwok: háj·e-t — physically close
• Moksha: мала (mala) — physically close
• Navajo: áhání — physically close
• Norwegian Bokmål: nær — physically close
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nær — physically close
• Occitan: prèp — physically close
• Old Church Slavonic: ѩдѣ (jędě) — physically close
• Old English: nēah — physically close
• Ossetian: хӕстӕг (xæstæg) — physically close
• Pashto: نږدې (niģde) — physically close
• Persian: نزدیک (nazdik) — physically close
• Persian: قریب (qarib) — physically close
• Persian: نزد (nazd) — physically close
• Polish: bliski — physically close
• Portuguese: perto — physically close
• Portuguese: próximo — physically close
• Punjabi: ਨੇੜੇ (neṛe) — physically close
• Punjabi: ਲਾਗੇ (lāge) — physically close
• Punjabi: ਕੋਲ਼ (koḷ) — physically close
• Romanian: aproape — physically close
• Russian: бли́зкий (blízkij) — physically close
• Russian: бли́жний (blížnij) — physically close
• Sanskrit: अन्तिक (antiká) — physically close
• Scottish Gaelic: dlùth — physically close
• Scottish Gaelic: faisg — physically close
• Serbo-Croatian: бли̏зак — physically close
• Serbo-Croatian: blȉzak — physically close
• Sicilian: vicinu — physically close
• Slovak: blízky — physically close
• Slovene: bližnji — physically close
• Lower Sorbian: bliski — physically close
• Spanish: cercano — physically close
• Spanish: allegado — physically close
• Spanish: propincuo — physically close
• Sundanese: caket — physically close
• Swedish: nära — physically close
• Tagalog: malapit — physically close
• Tajik: наздик (nazdik) — physically close
• Tajik: қариб (qarib) — physically close
• Tatar: якын (yaqın) — physically close
• Tày: ái — physically close
• Telugu: దగ్గర (daggara) — physically close
• Tetum: besik — physically close
• Thai: ใกล้ (glâi) — physically close
• Southern Thai: แค — physically close
• Turkish: yakın — physically close
• Ottoman Turkish: یاقین (yakın) — physically close
• Turkmen: ýakyn — physically close
• Tuvan: чоок (çook) — physically close
• Ukrainian: бли́зький (blýzʹkyj) — physically close
• Ukrainian: бли́жній (blýžnij) — physically close
• Urdu: نزدیک (nazdīk) — physically close
• Uyghur: يېقىن (yëqin) — physically close
• Uzbek: yaqin — physically close
• Venetan: vissin — physically close
• Vietnamese: gần — physically close
• Welsh: ger — physically close
• Woiwurrung: kyn'oo — physically close
• Yakut: чугас (čugas) — physically close
• Yiddish: נאָענט (noent) — physically close
• Zazaki: nezdi (diq) — physically close
• Zealandic: kortbie — physically close
• Zhuang: gaenh — physically close
• Zhuang: gyawj — physically close
• Albanian: prag — close in time
• Finnish: lähellä — close in time
• Hungarian: közel — close in time
• Hungarian: közeli — close in time
• Māori: tūtata — close in time
• Polish: bliski — close in time
• Spanish: allegado — close in time
• Spanish: cercano — close in time
• Spanish: propincuo — close in time
• Zazaki: çorsmey (diq) — close in time
• Albanian: ngjitur — closely connected or related
• Albanian: ngjeshur — closely connected or related
• Bulgarian: близък (blizǎk) — closely connected or related
• Finnish: läheinen — closely connected or related
• Finnish: lähi- — closely connected or related
• Zazaki: zey (diq) — closely connected or related
• Albanian: ngjashmëri — close to one's interests, affection, etc.
• Bulgarian: сходен (shoden) — close to one's interests, affection, etc.
• Finnish: läheinen — close to one's interests, affection, etc.
• Finnish: lähellä — close to anything followed or imitated
• Finnish: täpärä — so as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss
• Albanian: gati — almost
• Bulgarian: почти (počti) — almost
• Cebuano: padulong — almost
• Finnish: lähes — almost
• Finnish: melkein — almost
• Māori: tata — almost
• Spanish: casi — almost
• Spanish: cuasi- — almost
• Spanish: cuasi — almost
• Tagalog: halos — almost
• Finnish: matkustajan puoleinen — on the side nearest to the kerb
• Finnish: ajajan viereinen — next to the driver, when he is on foot
• Zazaki: het (diq) — next to the driver, when he is on foot
• Bulgarian: пряк (prjak) — immediate; direct; close; short
• Zazaki: kısteka (diq) — immediate; direct; close; short
• Arabic: قَرِيبًا (qarīban) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Arabic: قريب (ʔorayeb) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Arabic: قَرِيب (garīb) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Aromanian: aproapea — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Aromanian: aproapi — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Azerbaijani: yaxın — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Bashkir: яҡын (yaqın) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Basque: hur — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Belarusian: блі́зка (blízka) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Bulgarian: близо (blizo) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Catalan: a prop — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Chamicuro: a'lotsi'ta — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Chechen: уллохь (ulloḥr) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Chinese Mandarin: 近 (jìn) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Dutch: nabij — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Dutch: bij — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Dutch: naverwant — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Dutch: dierbaar — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Even: дали (dali) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Evenki: дага (daga) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Finnish: lähellä — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Finnish: lähettyvillä — at or towards a position close in space or time
• French: près — at or towards a position close in space or time
• German: nah — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Ancient Greek: πέλας (pélas) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Ancient Greek: ἄγχι (ánkhi) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Hebrew: קָרוֹב (karóv) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Hebrew: קְרוֹבָה (k'rová) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Hindi: निकट (nikaṭ) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Hindi: पास (pās) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Hungarian: közel — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Ido: apud — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Ingush: уллув (ulluv) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Italian: circa — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Japanese: 近く (chikaku) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Korean: 가까이 (gakkai) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Kumyk: ювукъ (yuwuq) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Central Kurdish: نزیک (nzîk) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Latin: prope — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Latin: propter — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Latin: iuxta — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Latvian: tuvu — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Macedonian: бли́ску (blísku) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Macedonian: бли́зу (blízu) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Mirandese: acerca — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Navajo: áhání — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Old English: nēah — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Old English: ġehende — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Pashto: نږدې (niģde) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Persian: نزدیک (nazdik) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Polish: blisko — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Portuguese: perto — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Russian: бли́зко (blízko) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Serbo-Croatian: blizu — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Slovene: blízu — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Spanish: cerca — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Telugu: దగ్గరగా (daggaragā) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Telugu: దగ్గరగుట (daggaraguṭa) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Tocharian B: akarte — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Ukrainian: бли́зько (blýzʹko) — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Vietnamese: gần — at or towards a position close in space or time
• Arabic: بِٱلْقُرْب مِنَ (bi-l-qurb mina) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: عِنْدَ (ʕinda) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: قَرِيب مِنَ (qarīb mina) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: جَنْبَ (janba) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: جنب (ganb) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: عند (ʕand) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: قريب من (ʔurayeb men) — in close proximity to
• Arabic: حْدا (ḥda) — in close proximity to
• Armenian: մոտ (mot) — in close proximity to
• Belarusian: каля́ (kaljá) — in close proximity to
• Belarusian: ля (lja) — in close proximity to
• Bulgarian: бли́зо до (blízo do) — in close proximity to
• Chinese Mandarin: 靠近 (kàojìn) — in close proximity to
• Chinese Mandarin: 接近 (jiējìn) — in close proximity to
• Chinese Mandarin: 在......旁邊 /在......旁边 (zài ... pángbiān) — in close proximity to
• Ngazidja Comorian: kariɓu na — in close proximity to
• Czech: u — in close proximity to
• Czech: blízko — in close proximity to
• Dutch: nabij — in close proximity to
• Dutch: bij — in close proximity to
• Esperanto: apud — in close proximity to
• French: près de — in close proximity to
• German: neben — in close proximity to
• Greek: κοντά (kontá) — in close proximity to
• Ancient Greek: πρός (prós) — in close proximity to
• Ancient Greek: πλησίον (plēsíon) — in close proximity to
• Hindi: ... के पास (... ke pās) — in close proximity to
• Hindi: ... के नज़दीक (... ke nazdīk) — in close proximity to
• Hungarian: -hoz/-hez/-höz közel — in close proximity to
• Hungarian: közelében — in close proximity to
• Irish: in aice le — in close proximity to
• Italian: vicino a — in close proximity to
• Japanese: ...の近くに (... no chikaku ni) — in close proximity to
• Khmer: ក្បែរ (kbae) — in close proximity to
• Korean: ...의 가까이에 (...ui gakkaie) — in close proximity to
• Central Kurdish: نزیک (nzîk) — in close proximity to
• Central Kurdish: تەنیشت (tenîşt) — in close proximity to
• Central Kurdish: تەک (tek) — in close proximity to
• Ladino: serka — in close proximity to
• Latin: prope — in close proximity to
• Latin: iuxta — in close proximity to
• Latin: circa — in close proximity to
• Latin: circiter — in close proximity to
• Latvian: blakus — in close proximity to
• Macedonian: до (do) — in close proximity to
• Macedonian: кај (kaj) — in close proximity to
• Macedonian: бли́зу до (blízu do) — in close proximity to
• Malay: dekat dengan — in close proximity to
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴷⴰⵔ (dar) — in close proximity to
• Norman: près de — in close proximity to
• Ojibwe: jiig- — in close proximity to
• Old English: nēah — in close proximity to
• Persian: نزدیک (nazdik) — in close proximity to
• Persian: کنار (kenâr-e) — in close proximity to
• Polish: blisko — in close proximity to
• Portuguese: perto de — in close proximity to
• Portuguese: próximo de — in close proximity to
• Rapa Nui: hahine — in close proximity to
• Rapa Nui: tupuaki — in close proximity to
• Russian: ря́дом с (rjádom s) — in close proximity to
• Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — in close proximity to
• Russian: бли́зко к (blízko k) — in close proximity to
• Russian: во́зле (vózle) — in close proximity to
• Russian: у (u) — in close proximity to
• Savosavo: ghoita — in close proximity to
• Scottish Gaelic: faisg air — in close proximity to
• Scottish Gaelic: goirid do — in close proximity to
• Slovak: pri — in close proximity to
• Slovak: blízko — in close proximity to
• Spanish: cerca de — in close proximity to
• Swedish: i närheten av — in close proximity to
• Telugu: దగ్గర (daggara) — in close proximity to
• Telugu: అన్యోన్యము (anyōnyamu) — in close proximity to
• Thai: ใกล้ (glâi) — in close proximity to
• Turkish: yakınında — in close proximity to
• Turkish: yakın — in close proximity to
• Ukrainian: бі́ля (bílja) — in close proximity to
• Urdu: ... کے پاس (... ke pās) — in close proximity to
• Urdu: ... کے نزدیک (... ke nazdīk) — in close proximity to
• Vietnamese: gần — in close proximity to
• Volapük: nilü — in close proximity to
• Walloon: dilé — in close proximity to
• Walloon: a costé di — in close proximity to
• Welsh: ger — in close proximity to
• Welsh: ar bwys — in close proximity to
• Finnish: lähellä — close to in time
• Finnish: lähellä — close to in nature or degree
• Arabic: قَرُبَ (qaruba) — come closer to
• Arabic: قَرَّب (garrab) — come closer to
• Armenian: մոտեցնել (motecʻnel) — come closer to
• Central Bikol: rani — come closer to
• Bulgarian: приближавам се (približavam se) — come closer to
• Catalan: apropar — come closer to
• Catalan: aproximar — come closer to
• Czech: blížit se — come closer to
• Dutch: naderen — come closer to
• Dutch: dichterbijkomen — come closer to
• Finnish: lähestyä — come closer to
• Finnish: lähentyä — come closer to
• French: approcher — come closer to
• German: sich nähern — come closer to
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nēƕjan) — come closer to
• Hindi: नज़दीक आना (nazdīk ānā) — come closer to
• Hungarian: megközelít — come closer to
• Icelandic: nálgast — come closer to
• Italian: avvicinare — come closer to
• Japanese: 近付く (chikazuku) — come closer to
• Central Kurdish: نزیک بوونەوە (nzîk bûnewe) — come closer to
• Macedonian: се прибли́жува (se priblížuva) — come closer to
• Macedonian: се бли́жи (se blíži) — come closer to
• Macedonian: се добли́жува (se doblížuva) — come closer to
• Macedonian: се набли́жува (se nablížuva) — come closer to
• Persian: نزدیک شدن (nazdik šodan) — come closer to
• Portuguese: aproximar — come closer to
• Russian: приближа́ться (približátʹsja) — come closer to
• Russian: бли́зиться (blízitʹsja) — come closer to
• Russian: прибли́зиться (priblízitʹsja) — come closer to
• Sanskrit: आचरति (ācarati) — come closer to
• Serbo-Croatian: blížiti se — come closer to
• Serbo-Croatian: približávati se — come closer to
• Spanish: aproximar — come closer to
• Spanish: acercar — come closer to
• Ottoman Turkish: یاقینلاشمق (yakınlaşmak) — come closer to
• Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎗𐎁 (qrb) — come closer to