neigh

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /neɪ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /næɪ̯/
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• Scotland: /ne/
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• India: /neː/ pane–pain merger
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• India: /nɛj/ without the pane–pain merger
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• India: /neː(j)/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• homophone: nay
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• homophone: nee
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• homophone: Neagh (pane–pain merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: N EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَهِيل (ṣahīl) — the cry of a horse
• Azerbaijani: kişnərti — the cry of a horse
• Bashkir: кешнәү (keşnəw) — the cry of a horse
• Bulgarian: цвилене (cvilene) — the cry of a horse
• Catalan: renill — the cry of a horse
• Catalan: eguí — the cry of a horse
• Catalan: aïnada — the cry of a horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘶 (sī) — the cry of a horse
• Czech: ržání — the cry of a horse
• Czech: řehtání — the cry of a horse
• Czech: zařehtání — the cry of a horse
• Danish: vrinsk — the cry of a horse
• Dutch: hinnik — the cry of a horse
• Esperanto: heno — the cry of a horse
• Estonian: hirnumine — the cry of a horse
• Finnish: hirnahdus — the cry of a horse
• Finnish: hirnunta — the cry of a horse
• French: hennissement — the cry of a horse
• Galician: rincho — the cry of a horse
• Georgian: ჭიხვინი (č̣ixvini) — the cry of a horse
• German: Wiehern — the cry of a horse
• Greek: χλιμιντρίζω (chlimintrízo) — the cry of a horse
• Ancient Greek: χρεμετίζω (khremetízō) — the cry of a horse
• Hawaiian: ihihī — the cry of a horse
• Hebrew: צְנִיפָה (tsnifá) — the cry of a horse
• Hebrew: צׇהֳלָה (tsoholá) — the cry of a horse
• Icelandic: hnegg — the cry of a horse
• Ido: bramo — the cry of a horse
• Ilocano: aring-ing — the cry of a horse
• Irish: seitreach — the cry of a horse
• Italian: nitrito — the cry of a horse
• Japanese: いななき (inanaki) — the cry of a horse
• Latin: hinnītus — the cry of a horse
• Latvian: zviedziens — the cry of a horse
• Malay: ringkik — the cry of a horse
• Māori: ngehengehe — the cry of a horse
• North Marquesan: tani — the cry of a horse
• Norwegian: knegg — the cry of a horse
• Norwegian: vrinsk — the cry of a horse
• Persian: شیهه (šeyhe) — the cry of a horse
• Polish: rżenie — the cry of a horse
• Portuguese: relincho — the cry of a horse
• Romanian: nechezat — the cry of a horse
• Russian: ржа́ние (ržánije) — the cry of a horse
• Scottish Gaelic: sitrich — the cry of a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштање — the cry of a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: њиска — the cry of a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: njištanje — the cry of a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: njiska — the cry of a horse
• Slovak: erdžať — the cry of a horse
• Spanish: relincho — the cry of a horse
• Spanish: relinchido — the cry of a horse
• Swedish: gnägg — the cry of a horse
• Tagalog: halinghing — the cry of a horse
• Tahitian: ʻūʻā — the cry of a horse
• Tahitian: taʻi — the cry of a horse
• Tamil: கனைப்பு (kaṉaippu) — the cry of a horse
• Telugu: సకిలింత (sakilinta) — the cry of a horse
• Tuamotuan: tangi — the cry of a horse
• Turkish: kişneme — the cry of a horse
• Turkish: kişneyiş — the cry of a horse
• Urdu: ہِنْہِنَاہَٹ (hinhināhaṭ) — the cry of a horse
• Vietnamese: hí — the cry of a horse
• Arabic: صَهَلَ (ṣahala) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Armenian: խրխնջալ (xrxnǰal) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Azerbaijani: kişnəmək — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Bashkir: кешнәү (keşnəw) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Belarusian: іржа́ць (iržácʹ) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Bulgarian: цвиля (cvilja) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Catalan: renillar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Catalan: eguinar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Catalan: aïnar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘶 (sī) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Chuvash: ӑлах (ălah) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Czech: ržát — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Czech: zaržát — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Czech: řehtat — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Czech: zařehtat — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Danish: vrinske — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Danish: gnægge — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Dutch: hinniken — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Esperanto: heni — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Estonian: hirnuma — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Finnish: hirnua — (of a horse) to make its cry
• French: hennir — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Galician: rinchar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Georgian: ჭიხვინებს (č̣ixvinebs) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• German: wiehern — (of a horse) to make its cry
• German: hürschele — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Greek: χλιμιντρίζω (chlimintrízo) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Ancient Greek: χρεμετίζω (khremetízō) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Hawaiian: ihihī — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Hebrew: צָנַף (tsanaf) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Hebrew: צָהַל (tzahál) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Hindi: हींसना (hīnsnā) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Hungarian: nyerít — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Icelandic: hneggja — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Ido: bramar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Irish: déan seitreach — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Irish: bí ag seitreach — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Italian: nitrire — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Latin: hinniō — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Latvian: zviegt — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Lithuanian: žvengti — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Malay: meringkik — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Māori: ngehengehe — (of a horse) to make its cry
• North Marquesan: tani — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Middle English: neyen — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Norman: hîngni — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: knegge — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: vrinske — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: humre — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Old Church Slavonic: ръзати (rŭzati) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Old English: hnǣġan — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Persian: شیهه کشیدن (šeyhe kešidan) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Persian: شهیدن (šehidan) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Polish: rżeć — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Portuguese: relinchar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Romanian: necheza — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Romanian: râncheza — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Russian: ржать (ržatʹ) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Scottish Gaelic: sitrich — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Serbo-Croatian: njištati — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Slovak: erdžať — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Spanish: relinchar — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Swedish: gnägga — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tagalog: humalinghing — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tahitian: ʻūʻā — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tahitian: taʻi — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tamil: கனை (kaṉai) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Telugu: సకిలించు (sakiliñcu) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tuamotuan: aue — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Tuamotuan: tangi — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Turkish: kişnemek — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Ukrainian: іржа́ти (iržáty) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Urdu: ہینسنا (hī̃snā) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Urdu: ہنہنانا (hinhinānā) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Uyghur: كىشنەمەك (kishnemek) — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Vietnamese: hí — (of a horse) to make its cry
• Bashkir: кешнәү (keşnəw) — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Estonian: hirnuma — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Finnish: hirnua — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• French: hennir — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Hawaiian: hōihihī — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Icelandic: hneggja — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Ido: bramar — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Italian: nitrire — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Latvian: zviegt — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Malay: meringkik — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Middle English: neyen — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: humre — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: knegge — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: vrinske — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Polish: rżeć — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Romanian: necheza — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Russian: ржать (ržatʹ) — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Serbo-Croatian: njištati — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Spanish: relinchar — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Swedish: gnägga — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Tagalog: humalinghing — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Turkish: kişnemek — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
• Ukrainian: іржа́ти (iržáty) — to make a sound similar to a horses' cry