English

Noun

neck (plural: necks )

1. the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals
2. the part of a shirt, dress, etc which fits (1)
3. the tapered part of a bottle toward the opening

Translations

• Basque: lepo , lepondo
• Breton: gouzoug m, kilpenn m (nape of the neck)
• Bulgarian: врат m (1), шия f (1), деколте n (2), гърло n (3)
• Catalan: coll m, nuca f, clatell m
• Czech: krk m, šíje f (1), hrdlo n (3)
• Dutch: hals m
• Finnish: niska (back of the neck), kaula (throat) (1); kaulus (2); kaula (3)
• French: cou m, nuque
• German: Hals m (1, 3), Kragen (2)
• Guarani: ajúra
• Hawaiian: ʻāʻī , waha
• Hebrew: צוואר (Tzavar)
• Hungarian: nyak
• Indonesian: leher
• Interlingua: collo
• Irish: muineál m (1), scrogall m (3)
• Italian: collo m
• Japanese: 首 (くび , kubi)
• Korean: 목 (mok)
• Polish: szyja f
• Portuguese: pescoço m
• Russian: шея f (shéja) (1), ворот m (vórot) (2), горлышко n (górlyshko) (3)
• Slovak: krk m, šíja f
• Spanish: cuello m, nuca f (back of the neck)
• Swedish: hals c
• Tupinambá: aîura

Related terms

• neckband
• neckerchief
• necklace
• necklet
• neckline
• necktie

Verb

to neck

1. (US) equivalent of snog, prolonged kiss

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on neck