Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK)A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

    My neighbour has two noisy cats.

    They′re our neighbours across the street.

    Nachbar, Nachbarin

    сосе́дsoséd, сосе́дкаsosédka

    сусі́дsusíd, сусі́дкаsusídka, сусі́даsusída

  2. (UK)One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

    a person who lives (or is located) near another

  3. (UK)A fellow human being.

    1982, Bible (NKJV), Leviticus 19:18, You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

    Nächster, Nächste, Mitmensch

    бли́жнийblížnij

    бли́жнійblýžnij

  4. (UK)Anything located directly adjacent to something else.

    The flood fill algorithm fills an area with colour by starting at one pixel and recursively visiting its neighbours.

Examples

467 sentences
  1. Tom is my neighbour.

    Том — мій сусід.

    ruТом — мой сосед.

    deTom ist mein Nachbar.

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  2. Tom is a good neighbour.

    Том — добрий сусіда.

    ruТом - хороший сосед.

    deTom ist ein guter Nachbar.

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  3. What are the neighbours doing?

    Що роблять сусіди?

    ruЧто соседи делают?

    deWas machen die Nachbarn?

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  4. We don't know our neighbours.

    Ми не знаємо наших сусідів.

    ruМы не знаем своих соседей.

    deWir kennen unsere Nachbarn nicht.

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  5. Luckily, my neighbour was able to jump-start my car.

    deZum Glück konnte mein Nachbar mir Starthilfe geben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a person living on adjacent or nearby land:
fellow human:
Русский
By meaning 2
a person living on adjacent or nearby land:
fellow human:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a person living on adjacent or nearby land:
fellow human:

Origin

From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighb

From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”).

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Forms

plural: neighbours

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Christian sense:fellowB1fellow manfellow human being
Close in meaning
  • a nearby object of the same kind:neighbor
  • a person who lives (or is located) near another:neighbor

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
neighbour — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto