neighbour

CEFRA1

/ˈneɪbə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person living near you.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fellow human being.

Examples

  • "Love your neighbour as yourself" is a quotation from the Bible.

  • A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

  2. 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.

  3. Anything located directly adjacent to something else.

More examples

In context

  • They set fire to their neighbour's house in revenge.

  • My neighbour has two noisy cats.

  • They′re our neighbours across the street.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English neahhebur, neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, nehhebur, neyburwe, neyebore, neyghebour, neypur, neȝbore, neȝhbor, neȝȝebour, 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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (...