nearby

English

Etymology

From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near +‎ by.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

nearby (comparative more nearby, superlative most nearby)

adjacent, near, very close
He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.

Synonyms

close; see also Thesaurus:near

Translations

adjacent

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Breton: e-kichen (br)
Catalan: proper (ca), pròxim (ca)
Dutch: dichtbij (nl)
Esperanto: apuda
Finnish: lähellä (fi)
French: proche (fr) m or f
Gallurese: accultu
German: in der Nähe
Greek: κοντινός (el) (kontinós)
Ancient: ἐγγύς (engús)
Italian: accanto (it)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: propinquus (la)
Malagasy: akaiky (mg)

Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nærliggende
Portuguese: próximo (pt)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: affaccu

Logudorese: affacca
Sassarese: accostu
Scots: naurby
Slovak: blízky; vedľajší
Spanish: cercano (es) m, cercana (es) f, próximo (es) m
Sundanese: dengket
Swedish: i närheten, nära (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: gần; bên cạnh đó
Volapük: nilik (vo)
Welsh: agos (cy)

Adverb

nearby (comparative more nearby, superlative most nearby)

next to, close to
I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

Translations

close to

Assamese: ওচৰে-পাঁজৰে (üsore-pãzore), আশে-পাশে (axe-paxe)
Catalan: a prop, a la vora
Chamicuro: a'lotsi'ta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 在附近 (zh) (zài fùjìn)
Czech: blízko (cs)
Dutch: dichtbij (nl), nabij (nl)
Finnish: lähellä (fi), lähistöllä
French: à proximité (fr)
German: nebenan (de), in der Nähe, nah (de)
Greek: κοντά (el) (kontá)
Ancient: πέλας (pélas), ἐγγύς (engús), (Epic) ἄγχι (ánkhi)
Hindi: पास (hi) (pās), पास में (hi) (pās mẽ)
Irish: in aice láimhe, in aice láithreach
Italian: vicino (it) (a)
Japanese: 近くに (ja) (chikaku-ni)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 가까이에 (ko) (gakkaie)

Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: prope (la), iuxtā
Lithuanian: arti (lt)
Maori: pahaki
Novial: proximu
Polish: blisko (pl)
Portuguese: próximo (pt)
Russian: побли́зости (ru) (poblízosti), бли́зко (ru) (blízko), ря́дом (ru) (rjádom), неподалёку (ru) (nepodaljóku)
Slovak: vedľa, blízko, nablízku
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: blisko
Spanish: cerca (es)
Sundanese: dengket
Swedish: i närheten
Urdu: پاس‎ (pās), پاس میں‎ (pās mẽ)
Vietnamese: gần (vi), bên cạnh (vi), gần đây (vi)
Volapük: nilo (vo)
Welsh: gerllaw, yn ymyl

Usage notes

Some British writers make the distinction between the adverbial near by, which is written as two words; and the adjectival nearby, which is written as one. In American English, the one-word spelling is standard for both forms.

Anagrams

Barney, barney, brayne

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