Definition
People who live near you, especially those living in nearby houses or apartments.
Etymology
From Old English 'neah' (near) and 'gebur' (dweller or farmer). It literally meant 'near-dweller' and was originally used for people who shared farm land boundaries.
Kelly Says
The word 'neighbor' is literally 'near-dweller'—it's made of two Old English words meaning 'near' and 'dweller,' so originally it described peasant farmers whose fields were next to each other, which is why they needed a special word for nearby people.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አስ adjacency
as ad-ja-sency
BNবাংলা
পার্শ্ববর্তী
parsh-bo-r-tee
CSČeština
sousedé
soo-sed-eh
DADansk
næstebord
na-ste-bord
DEDeutsch
Nachbarn
nah-shar-n
ESEspañol
vecinos
ve-chi-nos
FISuomi
naapurit
na-a-pu-rit
FRFrançais
voisins
vwa-zan
HIहिन्दी
पड़ोसी
pad-o-see
HUMagyar
szomszédok
szom-szé-dok
IDBahasa Indonesia
tetangga
te-tang-ga
ITItaliano
vicini
vee-chee-nee
KMKM
ប្រជាជន
bra-cha-chon
MSBahasa Melayu
jiran
jee-ran
NLNederlands
buren
boor-en
PLPolski
sąsiedzi
swa-si-ed-zi
PTPortuguês
vizinhos
vi-zi-nyu-sh
RORomână
vecini
ve-chi-nee
RUРусский
соседи
so-se-di
SVSvenska
grannar
gran-nar
THไทย
เพื่อนบ้าน
phuen-ban
TLTL
kabanggang
ka-ban-gang
TRTürkçe
komşular
kom-shu-lar
UKУкраїнська
сусіди
soo-si-di
VITiếng Việt
người hàng xóm
ng-oo-e-ha-ng-xo-m