I cannot neigh like a horse. I'm a donkey!
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Neigh
//neɪ//
Synonyms for "neigh" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
156 translations across 63 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χρεμετίζω verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Arabic
2 entries- noun صَهِيل verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- verb صَهَل verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Armenian
1 entries- խրխնջալ verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kişnərti noun (the cry of a horse)
- kişnəmək verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Bashkir
1 entries- кешнәү noun (the cry of a horse)
Belarusian
1 entries- іржа́ць verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Bulgarian
2 entries- цвилене noun (the cry of a horse)
- цвиля verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Catalan
4 entries- aïnada noun (the cry of a horse)
- eguí noun (the cry of a horse)
- renill noun (the cry of a horse)
- aïnar verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嘶 noun (the cry of a horse)
- 嘶 verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Chuvash
1 entries- ӑлах verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Czech
4 entries- ržání noun (the cry of a horse)
- zařehtání noun (the cry of a horse)
- řehtání noun (the cry of a horse)
- ržát verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Danish
3 entries- vrinsk noun (the cry of a horse)
- gnægge verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- vrinske verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Dutch
2 entries- hinnik noun (the cry of a horse)
- hinniken verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Esperanto
2 entries- heno noun (the cry of a horse)
- heni verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Estonian
3 entries- hirnumine noun (the cry of a horse)
- hirnuma verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- hirnuma verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Finnish
4 entries- hirnahdus noun (the cry of a horse)
- hirnunta noun (the cry of a horse)
- hirnua verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- hirnua verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
French
3 entries- hennissement noun (the cry of a horse)
- hennir verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- hennir verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Galician
2 entries- rincho noun (the cry of a horse)
- rinchar verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Georgian
2 entries- ჭიხვინი noun (the cry of a horse)
- ჭიხვინებს verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
German
3 entries- Wiehern noun (the cry of a horse)
- hürschele verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- wiehern verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Greek
2 entries- χλιμιντρίζω noun (the cry of a horse)
- χλιμιντρίζω verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Hawaiian
3 entries- ihihī noun (the cry of a horse)
- hōihihī verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
- ihihī verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Hebrew
4 entries- צְנִיפָה noun (the cry of a horse)
- צׇהֳלָה noun (the cry of a horse)
- צָהַל verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- צָנַף verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Hindi
1 entries- हींसना verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyerít verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Icelandic
3 entries- hnegg noun (the cry of a horse)
- hneggja verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- hneggja verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Ido
3 entries- bramo noun (the cry of a horse)
- bramar verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- bramar verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Ilocano
1 entries- aring-ing noun (the cry of a horse)
Irish
1 entries- seitreach noun (the cry of a horse)
Italian
3 entries- nitrito noun (the cry of a horse)
- nitrire verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- nitrire verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Japanese
1 entries- いななき noun (the cry of a horse)
Latin
2 entries- hinnītus noun (the cry of a horse)
- hinniō verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Latvian
3 entries- zviedziens noun (the cry of a horse)
- zviegt verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- zviegt verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žvengti verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Malay
3 entries- ringkik noun (the cry of a horse)
- meringkik verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- meringkik verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Middle English
2 entries- neyen verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- neyen verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Māori
2 entries- ngehengehe noun (the cry of a horse)
- ngehengehe verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Norman
1 entries- hîngni verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
North Marquesan
2 entries- tani noun (the cry of a horse)
- tani verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Norwegian
2 entries- knegg noun (the cry of a horse)
- vrinsk noun (the cry of a horse)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- humre verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- humre verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
- knegge verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- knegge verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- ръзати verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Old English
1 entries- hnǣġan verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Persian
3 entries- شیهه noun (the cry of a horse)
- شهیدن verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- شیهه کشیدن verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Polish
3 entries- rżenie noun (the cry of a horse)
- rżeć verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- rżeć verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Portuguese
2 entries- relincho noun (the cry of a horse)
- relinchar verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Romanian
4 entries- nechezat noun (the cry of a horse)
- necheza verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- necheza verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
- râncheza verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Russian
3 entries- ржа́ние noun (the cry of a horse)
- ржать verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- ржать verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sitrich noun (the cry of a horse)
- sitrich verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- njiska noun (the cry of a horse)
- njištanje noun (the cry of a horse)
- њиска noun (the cry of a horse)
- њиштање noun (the cry of a horse)
Slovak
1 entries- erdžať verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Spanish
4 entries- relinchido noun (the cry of a horse)
- relincho noun (the cry of a horse)
- relinchar verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- relinchar verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Swedish
3 entries- gnägg noun (the cry of a horse)
- gnägga verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- gnägga verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Tagalog
3 entries- halinghing noun (the cry of a horse)
- humalinghing verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- humalinghing verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Tahitian
4 entries- taʻi noun (the cry of a horse)
- ʻūʻā noun (the cry of a horse)
- taʻi verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- ʻūʻā verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Tamil
2 entries- கனைப்பு noun (the cry of a horse)
- கனை verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Telugu
2 entries- సకిలింత noun (the cry of a horse)
- సకిలించు verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Tuamotuan
3 entries- tangi noun (the cry of a horse)
- aue verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- tangi verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Turkish
4 entries- kişneme noun (the cry of a horse)
- kişneyiş noun (the cry of a horse)
- kişnemek verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- kişnemek verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Ukrainian
2 entries- іржа́ти verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
- іржа́ти verb (to make a sound similar to a horses' cry)
Urdu
1 entries- ہِنْہِنَاہَٹ noun (the cry of a horse)
Uyghur
1 entries- كىشنەمەك verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hí noun (the cry of a horse)
- hí verb ((of a horse) to make its cry)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Neigh!
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Why do horses neigh?
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Horses neigh.
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