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neck

noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈnɛk/
  • [ˈnɛk]
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  • rhymes with -ɛk
  • CMU ARPABET: N EH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Giraffes have long necks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scrag

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • a neck forming the journal of a shaft

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The gorgerin of a capital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A person's life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A falsehood; a lie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, informal, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Fellatio

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kirk

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nis, nix, nixie, nixy

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Examples

  • Go neck yourself.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal, intransitive

Examples

  • Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make out, French kiss, grope, pet, smoodge, snog, buss, goozer, kiss, lallygag, lips, lock lips, osculate, pash, play tonsil hockey, smooch, suck face, swap spit

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To drink or swallow rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chug

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To decrease in diameter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neck opening

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: opening

Narrower terms: neckline, V neck

23

noun

Meaning 23

a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the banjo had a long neck
  • the bottle had a wide neck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, portion

24

noun

Meaning 24

the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he admired her long graceful neck
  • the horse won by a neck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cervix

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: external body part

Narrower terms: bull neck

25

noun

Meaning 25

a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut, cut of meat

26

noun

Meaning 26

a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

27

verb

Meaning 27

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pet

Narrower terms: smooch, spoon

History

Etymology

From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”). Cognate with Scots nek (“neck”), North Frisian neek, neeke, Nak (“neck”), Saterland Frisian Näkke (“neck”), West Frisian nekke (“neck”), Dutch nek (“neck”), German Low German Nack (“neck”), German Nacken (“nape of the neck”), Danish nakke (“neck”), Swedish nacke (“nape of the neck”), Icelandic hnakki (“neck”), Tocharian A kñuk (“neck, nape”). Possibly a mutated variant of *kneug/k (compare Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”), Welsh cnwch (“joint, knob”), Latvian knaūķis (“dwarf”). Doublet of nek. More at nook. Displaced halse (“neck, throat”) and swire (“neck”).

From Danish nøkke, Swedish näck.

Across languages

Translations

537 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ахәда (axwda) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Acehnese: takuë — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Afrikaans: nek — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Afrikaans: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dupaningan Agta: leg — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ahtna: -kʼos — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ainu: レクッ (rekut) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Akan: ɛkɔn — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Aklanon: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Albanian: qafë — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Amharic: አንገት (ʾängät) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Andi: гару (garu) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chungli Ao: tekong — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • A-Pucikwar: loŋo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: رَقَبَة (raqaba) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: عُنُق (ʕunuq) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: رقبة (raʔaba) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: رقبة (ragaba) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Juba Arabic: ragaabta — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: عنق (ʕunq) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Arabic: رقبة — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Armenian: վիզ (viz) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Armenian: պարանոց (paranocʻ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Armenian: վիզ (viz) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Armenian: պարանոց (paranocʻ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Armenian: ուլն (uln) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Armenian: ճիտ (čit) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Armenian: փող (pʻoł) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Aromanian: gushi — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Aromanian: gushã — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Assamese: গল (gol) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Assamese: ডিঙি (diṅi) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Asturian: pescuezu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Avar: габур (gabur) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Aymara: kunka — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Azerbaijani: boyun — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bahnar: hơko — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bahnar: ako — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • West Coast Bajau: kelong — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Baluchi: گردن (gardin, gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bangi: nkingo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Banjarese: gulu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bashkir: муйын (muyın) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Basque: sama — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Basque: lepo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Belarusian: шы́я (šýja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bengali: গলা (gola) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bengali: গর্দান (gordan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bhojpuri: गर्दन (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bau Bidayuh: tunguo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Central Bikol: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bolinao: liey — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Boloki: nkingo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Breton: gouzoug — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Buginese: ellong — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bulgarian: врат (vrat) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Burmese: လည်ပင်း (lanypang:) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Buryat: хүзүүн (xüzüün) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Catalan: coll — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Cebuano: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Eastern Cham: ꨓꨰꨆꨶ (takwai) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chamicuro: c̈hano — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chechen: лаг (lag) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏤᏂ (ayvtseni) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chichewa: khosi — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese Cantonese: 頸 /颈 (geng2) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 脰骨 (dâiu-gáuk) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Gan Chinese: 頸 /颈 (jiang3) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hakka Chinese: 頸 /颈 (kiáng) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hakka Chinese: 頸根 /颈根 (kiáng-kîn) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷 /颔 (ām) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷頸 /颔颈 (ām-kún, ām-kńg) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷仔頸 /颔仔颈 (ām-á-kún, ām-á-kńg) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷頸仔 /颔颈仔 (ām-kún-á, ām-kńg-á) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷胿 /颔胿 (ām-kui) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 頷頸胿 /颔颈胿 (ām-kún-kui, ām-kńg-kui) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese: 脰項 /脰项 (tāu-hāng) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Jin Chinese: 脖子 (bah5 zeh) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頸 /颈 (jǐng) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頸項 /颈项 (jǐngxiàng) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脖子 (bózi) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Min Chinese: 脰 (dĕ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Min Chinese: 仲仲 (dē̤ng-dē̤ng) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Wu Chinese: 頭頸 /头颈 (6deu-cin) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Wu Chinese: 頭頸骨 /头颈骨 (6deu-cin-kueq) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Xiang Chinese: 頸根 /颈根 (jin3 gen1) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Chuvash: мӑй (măj) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • East Circassian: пщэ (pśɛ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • West Circassian: пшъэ (pŝɛ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Coptic: ⲛⲁϩⲃⲓ (nahbi) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Coptic: ϧⲁϧ (xax) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Cornish: konna — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Atikamekw: okowiw — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Czech: krk — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Czech: šíje — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dalmatian: cual — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dalmatian: zoglo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Danish: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Daur: xujuu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dhivehi: ކަދުރާ (kadurā) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dongxiang: ghuzhun — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dusun: liou (Tambunan Dusun) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dutch: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Dutch: nek — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Egyptian: nH-H-b-t:F51 (nḥbt) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Egyptian: x:x-F10 (ḫḫ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Erzya: кирьга (kiŕga) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Esperanto: kolo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Estonian: kael — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Estonian: kaelus — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Even: никан (ņikan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Evenki: никимна (ņikimna) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Finnish: kaula — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • French: cou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • French: nuque — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old French: col — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • West-Frisian: nekke — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Friulian: cuel — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Galician: pescozo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Galician: colo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Georgian: კისერი (ḳiseri) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • German: Hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • German: Nacken — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • German: Genick — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Gorontalo: bulo'o — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Greek: λαιμός (laimós) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ancient Greek: δέρη (dérē) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ancient Greek: τράχηλος (trákhēlos) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ancient Greek: αὐχήν (aukhḗn) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Greenlandic: qungaseq — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Greenlandic: tunusuk — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Paraguayan Guarani: ajúra — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Gujarati: ગરદન (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Haitian Creole: kou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hausa: wuya — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hawaiian: ʻāʻī — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hebrew: צַוָּאר — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hebrew: צוואר (tsavár) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hidatsa: áaba — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Higaonon: li-ug — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hindi: गर्दन (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hindi: कंठ (kaṇṭh) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hindi: ग्रीवा (grīvā) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hindi: गला (galā) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Hungarian: nyak — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Icelandic: háls — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Indonesian: leher — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ingrian: kagla — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Inuktitut: ᖁᖓᓯᖅ (qongasiq) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Iranun: le'eg — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Irish: muineál — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Italian: collo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Iu Mien: jaang — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Japanese: 首 (kubi) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Javanese: gulu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Javanese: gulu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Jeju: 목 (mok) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kabyle: iri — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Klias River Kadazan: liyow — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kaitag: хъяв (qəv) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kalmyk: күзүн (küzün) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kannada: ಕತ್ತು (kattu) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • S'gaw Karen: ကိာ် (koḥ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kashmiri: گَردَن (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kashubian: szëja — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kazakh: мойын (moiyn) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Khasi: ryndang — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Khmer: ក (kɑɑ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kikuyu: mbogo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kimaragang: liou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kituba: kingu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Koho: nko — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kolami: గర్దన్ (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Komi-Permyak: голя (goľa) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kongo: nsîngu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kongo: nsingu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Korean: 목 (mok) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Central Kurdish: مِل (mil) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Central Kurdish: ئەستۆ (esto) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Laki: مِل (mil) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Kurdish: stû — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Southern Kurdish: مِل (mil) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Kyrgyz: моюн (moyun) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lak: ссурссу (s:urs:u) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lao: ຄໍ (khǭ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Latgalian: koklys — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Latin: collum — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Latin: cervīx — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Latvian: kakls — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lezgi: гардан (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ligurian: collo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lingala: nkingo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lithuanian: kaklas — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lombard: coll — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lotud: liou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Low German: Hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Luhya: likosi — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lutuv: rue — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Macedonian: врат (vrat) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Macedonian: шија (šija) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Maguindanao: lig — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Makasar: kellong — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Malagasy: vozona — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Malay: leher — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Brunei Malay: lihir — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Malayalam: കഴുത്ത് (kaḻuttŭ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Maltese: għonq — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Manchu: ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣᠨ (monggon) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mandinka: kaŋo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mansaka: liyug — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Manx: mwannal — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Māori: kakī — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Maranao: lig — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Marathi: मान (mān) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mari: шӱй (šüj) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Maricopa: miipuk — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mauritian Creole: likou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Central Melanau: tengok — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Meriam: tabó — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Moksha: кърга (kərga) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mon: ကံ — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mongo: nkingo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mongolian: хүзүү (xüzüü) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Motu: aio — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Muong: cố — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tagal Murut: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Timugon Murut: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Khiamniungan Naga: shâng — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nahuatl: quechtli — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nanai: монгон (moŋon) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nauruan: teren — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Navajo: akʼos — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Neapolitan: cuollo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Newar: कथु (kathu) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nganasan: бакәз̌әә (bakəžəə) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ngarrindjeri: kuri — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nivkh: ӄʼос (qʼos) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Norman: co — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nuosu: ꆹ (li) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Nuosu: ꇵꆹ (gup li) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Occitan: còl — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ojibwe: nikwegan — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Okinawan: くび (kubi) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Church Slavic: шиꙗ (šija) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Church Slavic: вꙑꙗ (vyja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Church Slavic: ⱎⰹⱑ (šiě) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old East Slavic: шиꙗ (šija) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old English: swēora — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Old Tupi: aîura — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Oromo: morma — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ossetian: хъуыр (qwyr) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ossetian: ӕфцӕг (æfcæg) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Pangasinan: bekleo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шия (šija) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Pashto: غاړه (ǧāṛa) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Pennsylvania German: Hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Iranian Persian: گَرْدَن (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Iranian Persian: مُل (mol) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Iranian Persian: گَری (gari) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Piedmontese: col — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Polish: szyja — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Polish: kark — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Portuguese: pescoço — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Punjabi: ਧੌਣ (dhauṇ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Quechua: kunka — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Rapa Nui: ŋao — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Rohingya: gola — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Romagnol: còl — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Romani: korr — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Romanian: gât — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Romansh: culiez — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Romansh: culöz — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Rungus: lliow — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Russian: ше́я (šéja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Russian: вы́я (výja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Rwanda-Rundi: ijosi — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sabah Bisaya: liou — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Inari-Sami: čeve — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Sami: čeabet — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Sami: čeabi — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Northern Sami: čeabát — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Skolt-Sami: čeäppat — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Southern Sami: tjovrese — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Samoan: ua — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sanskrit: ग्रीवा (grīvā) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Santali: ᱦᱚᱴᱚᱜᱽ — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sardinian: trucu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Scottish Gaelic: amhach — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Scottish Gaelic: muineal — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sebop: batok — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sekapan: ngo'a — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: вра̑т — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: ши̏ја — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrȃt — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȉja — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sherpa: མཇིང་པ (mjing pa) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Shona: mutsipa — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sicilian: coddu — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sikkimese: སྐེ (ske) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sinhalese: බෙල්ල (bella) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Slovak: krk — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Slovak: šija — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Slovene: vrat — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Somali: qoor — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Somali: sur — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Lower Sorbian: šyja — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Upper Sorbian: šija — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Spanish: cuello — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Spanish: pescuezo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sranan Tongo: neki — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Sundanese: tengek — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Swahili: shingo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Swedish: hals — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tagalog: leeg — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tajik: гардан (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Talysh: گردن (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tamil: கழுத்து (kaḻuttu) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Taos: kʼə́onemą — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tarifit: iri — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tatar: муйын (muyın) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tatar: муен (muyın) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tausug: liug — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Telugu: మెడ (meḍa) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tetum: kakorok — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tewa: kʼáy — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Thai: คอ (kɔɔ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Thai: ลําคอ (lam-kɔɔ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tibetan: མཇིང་པ (mjing pa) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tigrinya: ክሳድ (kəsad) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tongan: kia — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tulu: ಕೆಕ್ಕಿಲ್ (kekkilŭ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tulu: ಕಂಟೆಲ್ (kaṇṭelŭ) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Turkish: boyun — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ottoman Turkish: بویون (boyun) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ottoman Turkish: گردن (gerden) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ottoman Turkish: یال (yâl) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Turkmen: boýun — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Tuvan: моюн (moyun) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Ukrainian: ши́я (šýja) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Unami: xkwekànkàn — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Urdu: گَرْدَن (gardan) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Urdu: کَنْٹھ (kanṭh) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Uyghur: بويۇن (boyun) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Uzbek: bo'yin — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Uzbek: gardan — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Venetan: còl — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Venetan: coło — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Venetan: col — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Veps: kagl — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Vietnamese: cổ — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Volapük: särvig — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Volapük: nük — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Waray-Waray: liog — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Welsh: gwddf — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Winnebago: caaše — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Woiwurrung: koorrn — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Wolof: baat — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Xhosa: intamo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Yakan: kellong — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Yakut: моой (mooy) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Yiddish: האַלדז (haldz) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Yoruba: ọrùn — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Yurok: pahtuen — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zazaki: mêr — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zazaki: vıle (diq) — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zealandic: 'als — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zealandic: nikke — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zhuang: hoz — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Zulu: intamo — part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • Bulgarian: шийка (šijka) — corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts
  • Finnish: kaula — corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts
  • Albanian: jakë — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Armenian: օձիք (ōjikʻ) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Bulgarian: яка (jaka) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Catalan: coll — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Danish: hals — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Dutch: col — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Dutch: kraag — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Finnish: kaulus — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • French: col — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Galician: colo — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • German: Kragen — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Hawaiian: waha — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Hindi: गला (galā) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Hungarian: nyak — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Irish: muineál — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Italian: collo — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Japanese: 襟 (eri) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Central Kurdish: مل (mil) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Latin: collum — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Latvian: kakls — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Macedonian: врат (vrat) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Polish: kołnierz — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Portuguese: gola — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Romanian: guler — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Russian: во́рот (vórot) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: amhach — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: вра̑т — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̏к — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̀кљан — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrȃt — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȑk — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: gr̀kljan — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Spanish: cuello — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Tamil: கழுத்து (kaḻuttu) — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Turkish: yaka — part of a shirt, dress etc.
  • Albanian: qafë — tapered part of a bottle
  • Armenian: վզիկ (vzik) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Bulgarian: гърло (gǎrlo) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Catalan: coll — tapered part of a bottle
  • Catalan: broc — tapered part of a bottle
  • Czech: hrdlo — tapered part of a bottle
  • Danish: hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Dutch: flessenhals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Dutch: hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Finnish: kaula — tapered part of a bottle
  • French: goulot — tapered part of a bottle
  • Galician: colo — tapered part of a bottle
  • German: Hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • German: Flaschenhals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Hausa: wuya — tapered part of a bottle
  • Hindi: गला (galā) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Hungarian: nyak — tapered part of a bottle
  • Irish: scrogall — tapered part of a bottle
  • Irish: scrogall buidéil — tapered part of a bottle
  • Irish: scóig (buidéil) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Italian: collo — tapered part of a bottle
  • Japanese: 首 (kubi) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Central Kurdish: مل (mil) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Latvian: kakls — tapered part of a bottle
  • Macedonian: грло (grlo) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Old Tupi: aîura — tapered part of a bottle
  • Polish: szyjka — tapered part of a bottle
  • Portuguese: gargalo — tapered part of a bottle
  • Romanian: gât — tapered part of a bottle
  • Russian: го́рлышко (górlyško) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Scottish Gaelic: amhach — tapered part of a bottle
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̏ло — tapered part of a bottle
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȑlo — tapered part of a bottle
  • Slovene: vrat — tapered part of a bottle
  • Spanish: cuello — tapered part of a bottle
  • Spanish: gollete — tapered part of a bottle
  • Swedish: hals — tapered part of a bottle
  • Tamil: கழுத்து (kaḻuttu) — tapered part of a bottle
  • Finnish: kaula — botany: slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium
  • Albanian: qafë — extension of stringed instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 琴桿 /琴杆 (qíngān) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Danish: hals — extension of stringed instrument
  • Dutch: nek — extension of stringed instrument
  • Dutch: hals — extension of stringed instrument
  • Finnish: kaula — extension of stringed instrument
  • French: manche — extension of stringed instrument
  • German: Hals — extension of stringed instrument
  • Hindi: डाँड (ḍā̃ḍ) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Hungarian: nyak — extension of stringed instrument
  • Irish: caol — extension of stringed instrument
  • Japanese: 棹 (sao) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Kazakh: мойын (moiyn) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Kyrgyz: моюн (moyun) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Macedonian: гриф (grif) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — extension of stringed instrument
  • Polish: gryf — extension of stringed instrument
  • Portuguese: braço — extension of stringed instrument
  • Romanian: gât — extension of stringed instrument
  • Russian: гриф (grif) — extension of stringed instrument
  • Scottish Gaelic: amhach — extension of stringed instrument
  • Spanish: cuello — extension of stringed instrument
  • Spanish: mástil — extension of stringed instrument
  • Finnish: niemi — long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
  • Finnish: kannas — long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
  • Irish: scóig — long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
  • Russian: переше́ек (perešéjek) — long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
  • Finnish: kaulus — engineering: reduction in size near the end of an object
  • Finnish: kaula — constriction between the root and crown of a tooth
  • Finnish: kaula — architecture: gorgerin of a capital
  • Finnish: kaula — firearms: part between the chase and the swell of the muzzle
  • Finnish: henki — figurative: person's life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hals — figurative: person's life
  • Finnish: potaska — slang: falsehood, lie
  • Dutch: nekken — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Dutch: wurgen — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Finnish: hirttää — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Finnish: kuristaa (to strangle) — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • German: hängen — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • German: erhängen — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • German: würgen — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • German: erwürgen — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Italian: strangolare — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Italian: appendere per il collo — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Italian: impiccare — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Japanese: 縊る (kubiru) — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Portuguese: esganar — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Portuguese: estrangular — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Portuguese: enforcar — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Romanian: strangula — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Romanian: sugruma — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Romanian: spânzura — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Spanish: apercollar — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Spanish: apergollar — hang by the neck; strangle; kill
  • Czech: muckat se — make love
  • Czech: cucat se — make love
  • Czech: mazlit se — make love
  • Czech: muchlovat se — make love
  • Czech: muchlat se — make love
  • Danish: elske — make love
  • Finnish: vehdata — make love
  • Finnish: kaulailla — make love
  • Finnish: lemmiskellä — make love
  • German: knutschen — make love
  • German: sich küssen — make love
  • German: sich lieben — make love
  • Italian: pomiciare — make love
  • Italian: limonare — make love
  • Italian: slinguare — make love
  • Italian: fare l'amore — make love
  • Japanese: いちゃつく (ichatsuku) — make love
  • Japanese: 戯れる (tawamureru) — make love
  • Finnish: kitata — drink rapidly
  • Finnish: kulauttaa — drink rapidly
  • German: schlucken — drink rapidly
  • German: saufen — drink rapidly
  • German: stürzen — drink rapidly
  • German: hinunterstürzen — drink rapidly
  • German: runterstürzen — drink rapidly
  • Hungarian: benyakal — drink rapidly
  • Hungarian: piál — drink rapidly
  • Japanese: 飲む (nomu) — drink rapidly