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nosy

nosy

English

Alternative forms

nosey

Adjective

nosy ‎(comparative more nosy, superlative most nosy)

prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle
They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.

Translations

prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle

Catalan: dotor
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多管閒事 (zh), 多管闲事 (zh) ‎(duōguǎnxiánshì)
Cornish: tronek, tron-droghya
Czech: vlezlý
Dutch: nieuwsgierig (nl), curieus (nl)
Finnish: uteleva (fi)
French: fouineur (fr) m, fureteur (fr) m, curieux (fr) m
German: neugierig (de)

Italian: ficcanaso (it)
Japanese: おせっかいな ‎(osekkai na)
Maori: mahira
Persian: فضول (fa) ‎(fozul)
Portuguese: intrometido (pt), cusco (pt), metediço (pt)
Russian: любопы́тный (ru) ‎(ljubopýtnyj)
Spanish: chismoso (es), metiche, metido (es), entremetido (es)
Swedish: nyfiken (sv)
Vietnamese: lắm chuyện, nhiều chuyện (vi), đa sự, đa đoan (vi), thọc mạch
Welsh: busneslyd (cy)

Synonyms

Anagrams

Sony, sony, syon

Czech

Noun

nosy

nominative plural of nos

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa.

Pronunciation

Noun

nosy

island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔsɨ/

Noun

nosy

nominative plural of nos
accusative plural of nos
vocative plural of nos

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