Neigh

(nā)

,

Verb.

I.

[

imp. & p. p.

Neighed

(nād)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Neighing

.]

[OE.

neien

, AS.

hnǣgan

, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG.

nēgen

, Icel.

hneggja

,

gneggja

, Sw.

gnägga

. Cf.

Nag

a horse.]

1.

To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

2.

To scoff or sneer; to jeer.

[Obs.]

Neighed

at his nakedness.

Beau. & Fl.

Neigh

,

Noun.

The cry of a horse; a whinny.

Neigh

NEIGH

,

Verb.

I.

[signifies to jar or quarrel; a sharp noise.] To utter the voice of a horse, expressive of want or desire; to whinny.

NEIGH

,

Noun.

na.

The voice of a horse; a whinnying.

neigh

English

Audio recording of a neighing horse

Noun

neigh ‎(plural neighs)

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)

(of a horse) to make its cry
to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing.
(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)

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