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Added 9 October 2026

neighbour

/ˈneɪbə/ noun

In Latin: adcola, accola, vīcīnus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about neighbour at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
A fellow human being.

verb

To be adjacent to
Though France neighbours Germany, its culture is significantly different.
To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
That sort of talk is neighbouring on treason.
To associate intimately with; to be close to.

Origin

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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