neigh

English

Audio recording of a neighing horse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: nā, IPA^(key): /neɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• 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 (fi), hirnunta (fi)
• French: hennissement (fr) m
• Georgian: ჭიხვინი ‎(č̣ixvini)
• German: Wiehern n
• Icelandic: hnegg n
• Italian: nitrito (it) m
• Latvian: zviedziens m

• Norwegian: knegg (no), vrinsk (no)
• Persian: شنه (fa) ‎(šane), شیهه (fa) ‎(šeyhe)
• Polish: rżenie (pl)
• Portuguese: relincho (pt) m
• Romanian: nechezat (ro) n
• Russian: ржа́ние (ru) n ‎(ržánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштање n ‎(njištanje), њиска f ‎(njiska)
• Spanish: relincho (es), relinchido m
• Swedish: gnägg (sv)
• Telugu: సకిలింత ‎(sakiliṃta)
• Turkish: kişneme (tr), kişneyiş (tr)

Verb

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

1. (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. (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)

• Icelandic: hneggja
• Italian: nitrire (it)
• Latvian: zviegt (lv)
• Norman: hîngni
• Polish: rżeć (pl)
• Portuguese: relinchar (pt)
• Romanian: a necheza, râncheza (ro)
• Russian: ржать (ru) impf ‎(ržatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати ‎(njištati)
• Slovak: erdžať
• Spanish: relinchar (es)
• Swedish: gnägga (sv)
• Tagalog: humalinghing
• Telugu: సకిలించు (te) ‎(sakiliṃcu)
• Turkish: kişnemek (tr)
• Ukrainian: іржати ‎(iržáty)

to make a sound similar to a horses' cry

• Estonian: hirnuma
• Finnish: hirnua (fi)
• Icelandic: hneggja
• Italian: nitrire (it)
• Latvian: zviegt (lv)
• Polish: rżeć (pl)
• Romanian: a necheza

• Russian: ржать (ru) impf ‎(ržatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: њиштати ‎(njištati)
• Spanish: relinchar (es)
• Swedish: gnägga (sv)
• Tagalog: humalinghing
• Turkish: kişnemek (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hennir

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nitrire
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} vrinske

See also

• whinny
• nicker

Anagrams

• hinge