neigh

English

Audio recording of a neighing horse

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English neighen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) hnǣgan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hnajjōjanan (compare Dutch (southern) neien, Old High German (deprecated template usage) hneigen, Icelandic (deprecated template usage) hneggja).

Pronunciation

• enPR: nā, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /neɪ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪ
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: nay, nee

Noun

neigh (plural neighs)

1. The cry of a horse.

Translations

the cry of a horse

• Catalan: renill m, eguí m, aïnada f
• Czech: ržání n, řehtání n, zařehtání n
• Dutch: hinnik (nl)
• Esperanto: heno
• Estonian: hirnumine
• Finnish: hirnahdus, hirnunta
• French: hennissement (fr) m
• Georgian: ჭიხვინი (č̣ixvini)
• German: Wiehern n
• Icelandic: hnegg n
• Italian: nitrito (it) m
• Latvian: zviedziens m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: knegg (no), vrinsk (no)
• Persian: شنه (fa) (šane), شیهه (fa) (šeyhe)
• Polish: rżenie (pl)
• Portuguese: relincho (pt) m
• Romanian: nechezat (ro) n
• Russian: ржание (ru) n (ržánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштање n (njištanje), њиска f (njiska)
• Spanish: relincho (es), relinchido m
• Swedish: gnägg (sv)
• Telugu: సకిలింత (sakilinta)
• Turkish: kişneme (tr), kişneyiş (tr)

Verb

neigh (third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed)

1. (deprecated template usage) (of a horse) to make its cry
2. to make a sound similar to a horses' cry

   This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing.

3. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     neighed at his nakedness

Translations

(of a horse) to make its cry

• Arabic: صهيل الفرس, صهيل الفرس
• Belarusian: іржаць (iržácʹ)
• Catalan: renillar (ca), eguinar (ca), aïnar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘶 (zh) (sī)

• Czech: ržát
• Dutch: hinniken (nl)
• Esperanto: heni
• Estonian: hirnuma
• Finnish: hirnua (fi)
• French: hennir (fr)
• Georgian: ჭიხვინებს (č̣ixvinebs)
• German: wiehern (de)
• Greek: χλιμιντρίζω (el) (chlimintrízo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: hneggja
• Latvian: zviegt (lv)
• Norman: hîngni
• Polish: rżeć (pl)
• Portuguese: relinchar (pt)
• Romanian: a necheza, râncheza (ro)
• Russian: ржать (ru) impf (ržat’)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати (njištati)
• Slovak: erdžať
• Spanish: relinchar (es)
• Swedish: gnägga (sv)
• Turkish: kişnemek (tr)
• Ukrainian: іржати (iržáty)

to make a sound similar to a horses' cry

• Estonian: hirnuma
• Finnish: hirnua (fi)
• Icelandic: hneggja
• Latvian: zviegt (lv)
• Polish: rżeć (pl)
• Romanian: a necheza
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ржать (ru) impf (ržat’)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати (njištati)
• Spanish: relinchar (es)
• Swedish: gnägga (sv)
• Turkish: kişnemek (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hennir
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nitrire
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} vrinske

See also

• whinny
• nicker

Anagrams

• hinge