whinny

English

Etymology

From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪni/
• Homophone: Winnie
• Rhymes: -ɪni

Noun

whinny (plural whinnies)

1. A gentle neigh.
   • Tennyson

     The stately horse […] stooped with a low whinny.

Translations

a gentle neigh

• Galician: rincho (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wiehern n
• Icelandic: hnegg n
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• Irish: cuach f
• Latvian: zviedziens m
• Portuguese: relincho (pt) m
• Spanish: relinchito m

Verb

whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.

Translations

of a horse; to make a gentle neigh

• Galician: rinchar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wiehern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: χρεμετίζω (khremetízō)

• Icelandic: hneggja
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• Italian: nitrire (it)
• Latin: hinniō
• Latvian: zviegt
• Maori: tūpererū
• Portuguese: relinchar (pt)
• Russian: ржать (ru) (ržatʹ)