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==English==
{{Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/en:head}}
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|nekke}}, {{m|enm|nakke}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hnecca}}, {{m|ang|*hnæcca|t=neck, nape}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hnakkô|t=nape, neck}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*knog-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*kneg-|t=back of the head, nape, neck}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|nek|t=neck}}, {{cog|frr|neek}}, {{m|frr|neeke}}, {{m|frr|Nak|t=neck}}, {{cog|stq|Näkke|t=neck}}, {{cog|fy|nekke|t=neck}}, {{cog|nl|nek|t=neck}}, {{cog|nds-de|Nack|t=neck}}, {{cog|de|Nacken|t=nape of the neck}}, {{cog|da|nakke|t=neck}}, {{cog|sv|nacke|t=nape of the neck}}, {{cog|is|hnakki|t=neck}}, {{cog|xto|kñuk|t=neck, nape}}. Possibly a mutated variant of *''kneug/k'' (compare {{cog|ang|hnocc|t=hook, penis}}, {{cog|cy|cnwch|t=joint, knob}}, {{cog|lv|knaūķis|t=dwarf}}. {{doublet|en|nek}}. More at {{l|en|nook}}. Displaced {{l|en|halse|t=neck, throat}} and {{l|en|swire|t=neck}}.

[[File:Structure of Adam's apple.png|right|thumb|A human neck.]]

====Pronunciation====
* {{audio|en|en-us-neck.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/nɛk/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-neck.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛk|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
[[File:Anhinga novaehollandiae neck.jpg|thumb|right|An Australasian Darter extends her long neck.]]

# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The part of the [[body]] connecting the [[head]] and the [[trunk]] found in humans and some animals.
#: {{ux|en|Giraffes have long '''neck'''s.}}
#* {{quote-video game|en|OCLC=1154662802|developer=[[w:ZA/UM|ZA/UM]]|title=Disco Elysium|date=15 October 2019|author2=[[w:Robert Kurvitz|Robert Kurvitz]]|quotee=You|text=Mother, help me, there's a head attached to my '''neck''' and I'm ''in'' it.}}
# The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
# The part of a [[shirt]], [[dress]] etc., which fits a person's '''neck'''.
# The [[taper]]ed part of a [[bottle]] toward the opening.
# {{lb|en|botany}} The slender tubelike [[extension]] atop an [[archegonium]], through which the [[sperm]] swim to reach the [[egg]].
#* {{RQ:Schuster Hepaticae|volume=V|page=5|text=Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated '''neck''' of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.}}
# {{lb|en|music}} The [[extension]] of any [[stringed]] [[instrument]] on which a [[fingerboard]] is mounted
# A long narrow [[tract]] of [[land]] projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
# {{lb|en|engineering}} A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a [[groove]] around it.
#: ''a '''neck''' forming the journal of a shaft''
# The [[constriction]] between the [[root]] and [[crown]] of a [[tooth]].
# {{lb|en|architecture}} The [[gorgerin]] of a [[capital]].
# {{lb|en|geology}} A {{pedlink|volcanic plug}}, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
# {{lb|en|firearms}} The small part of a [[gun]] between the [[chase]] and the [[swell]] of the [[muzzle]].
# {{lb|en|figurative}} A person's [[life]].
#: ''to risk one's '''neck'''; to save someone's '''neck'''''
# {{lb|en|informal|MLE|slang}} A [[falsehood]]; a [[lie]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[fellatio|Fellatio]]
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2016|artist=Smino|title=Pimptations|text=Shorty throw '''neck''' like a geese<br>She make me speak Portuguese}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2018|artist=Pouya|album=The South Got Something To Say|title=Florida Thang|text=She drop '''neck''' for a check and a paystub}}
# {{lb|en|now|historical}} A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=R. A. R.|title=The Everyday Book|year=1837|page=1169|text=The person with 'the '''neck'''' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=James George Frazer|title=The Golden Bough|year=1911|volume=7|page=266|text="The '''neck'''" is generally hung up in the farmhouse, where it remains for two or three years.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|cervix}}, {{l|en|collum}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en
|albatross round one's neck|brass neck|brass-neck|break one's neck|breathe down someone's neck|bust one's neck|catch it in the neck|checkup from the neck up|crew neck|dead from the neck up|deer-neck|Derbyshire neck|devil-on-the-neck|ewe neck|fall upon someone's neck|frilled neck lizard|frilled-neck lizard|get it in the neck|give neck|halter neck|harden one's neck|have the world by the neck|jewel-neck|long-neck|my neck|neck and crop|neck and heels|neck bearing|neck brace|neck corset|neck deep|neck down|neck eel|neck guard|neck in neck|tech neck|neck joint|neck oil|neck or nothing|neck plate|neck up|neck verse|neck yoke|neck-brace|neck-cloth|neck-deep|neck-gable|neck-guard|open-neck|pain in the neck|pencil-neck|red neck syndrome|ring-neck|risk one's neck|save one's neck|scoop neck|stiff neck|swan neck|swan neck deformity|text neck|turtle neck|turtle-neck|up to one's neck|up to one's neck in alligators|volcanic neck|wind one's neck in
|albatross around one's neck|drop neck|neck pillow|drake's-neck green|fiddler's neck|legs all the way to one's neck|neck kerchief|neck knife|neck pad|neck-kerchief|pencil neck|polo neck sweater|gamer neck|side-neck|turtle-neck sweater
|bottleneck|neck gaiter|break someone's neck
|fall on someone's neck
|hindneck
|[[neck and neck]]/[[neck-and-neck]]|boatneck|bootneck|breakneck|bullneck|cowlneck|crewneck|crookneck|fiddleneck|foreneck|frillneck|gooseneck|halterneck|leatherneck|limberneck|littleneck|longneck|midneck|neck gaiter|neckache|neckbeard|neckbeef|neckbiter|neckbone|neckbrace|neckdeep|neckdown|necker|neckercher|neckful|neckgear|neckhole|neckinger|neckland|necklift|necklike|necklock|neckmold|neckmould|neckpiece|neckplate|neckroll|neckspring|neckstrap|neckwarmer|neckweed|neknomination|pseudoneck|red-necked buzzard|redneck|renecked|ringneck|rollneck|roughneck|scoopneck|shitneck|sideneck|snakeneck|squareneck|stiff-necked|stiffnecked|topneck|wryneck
|neckband
|neckcloth
|[[neckerchief]] (from kerchief)
|neckholder
|necklace
|neckless
|necklet
|neckline
|neck of the woods
|neck ring
|necktie
|neck-turner
|neckyoke
|[[polo neck]], [[polo-neck]]
|shunting neck
|stick one's neck out
|turtleneck
|V-neck
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|part of body connecting the head and the trunk}}
{{multitrans|data=
* A-Pucikwar: {{tt|apq|loŋo}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|ахәда}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|takuë}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|пшъэ}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|nek}}, {{tt|af|hals}}
* Ainu: {{tt|ain|レクッ|tr=rekut}}
* Aiton: {{t-needed|aio}}
* Akan: {{t|ak|ɛkɔn}}
* Aklanon: {{tt|akl|liog}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|qafë|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|አንገት}}
* Andi: {{tt|ani|гару}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|رَقَبَة|f}}, {{tt+|ar|عُنُق|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|رقبة|f|tr=raʔaba}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{tt|acw|رقبة|f|tr=ragaba}}
*: Juba Arabic: {{t|pga|ragaabta}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|عنق|m|tr=ʕunq}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{tt|ajp|رقبة|f|tr=ráʔabe <i>(Ramallah)</i>, rágaba <i>(Gaza)</i>}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|վիզ}}, {{tt+|hy|պարանոց}}
*: Old Armenian: {{tt|xcl|վիզ}}, {{tt|xcl|պարանոց}}, {{tt|xcl|ուլն}}, {{tt|xcl|ճիտ}}, {{tt|xcl|փող}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|gushi}}, {{tt|rup|gushã}}
* Assamese:  {{tt|as|গল}}, {{tt|as|ডিঙি}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|pescuezu|m}}
* Atikamekw: {{tt|atj|okowiw}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|габур}}
* Aymara: {{tt|ay|kunka}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|boyun}}
* Bahnar: {{tt|bdq|hơko}}, {{tt|bdq|ako}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|گردن|tr=gardin, gardan}}
* Banjarese: {{tt|bjn|gulu}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|муйын}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|sama}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{tt|sne|tunguo}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|шы́я|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|গলা}}, {{tt+|bn|গর্দান}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|गर्दन}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|liog}}
* Bolinao: {{tt|smk|liey}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|gouzoug}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|lihir}}
* Buginese: {{t|bug|ellong}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ши́я|f}}, {{tt+|bg|врат|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|လည်ပင်း}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|хүзүүн}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|coll|m}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|liog}}
* Central Melanau: {{tt|mel|tengok}}
* Chakma: {{t-needed|ccp}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|c̈hano}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|лаг}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᎠᏴᏤᏂ}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|khosi}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|頸|tr=geng2}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|脰骨|tr=dâiu-gáuk}}
*: Gan: {{t|gan|頸}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|頸|tr=kiáng}}, {{tt|hak|頸根|tr=kiáng-kîn}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|頷|tr=ām}}, {{tt+|nan-hbl|頷頸|tr=ām-kún, ām-kńg}}, {{tt|nan-hbl|頷仔頸|tr=ām-á-kún, ām-á-kńg}}, {{tt|nan-hbl|頷頸仔|tr=ām-kún-á, ām-kńg-á}}, {{tt+|nan-hbl|頷胿|tr=ām-kui}}, {{tt|nan-hbl|頷頸胿|tr=ām-kún-kui, ām-kńg-kui}}, {{tt|nan-hbl|脰項|tr=tāu-hāng}}
*: Jin: {{t|cjy|脖子}}
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|formal}} {{tt+|cmn|頸|tr=jǐng}}, {{qualifier|formal}} {{tt+|cmn|頸項|tr=jǐngxiàng}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{tt+|cmn|脖子|tr=bózi}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|脰}}, {{t|mnp|仲仲}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|頭頸}}, {{t|wuu|頭頸骨}}
*: Xiang: {{t|hsn|頸根}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|мӑй|alt=мăй}}
* Coptic: {{tt|cop|ⲛⲁϩⲃⲓ|f}}, {{tt|cop|ϧⲁϧ|m}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|konna}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|krk|m}}, {{tt+|cs|šíje|f}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|cual|m}}, {{tt|dlm|zoglo|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|hals|c}}
* Daur: {{tt|dta|xujuu}}
* Dhivehi: {{tt|dv|ކަދުރާ}}
* Dongxiang: {{tt|sce|ghuzhun}}
* Dupaningan Agta: {{tt|duo|leg}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|hals|m}}, {{tt+|nl|nek|m}}
* Eastern Cham: {{tt|cjm|ꨓꨰꨆꨶ|tr=takwai}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|nḥbt|f|h=nH-H-b-t:F51}}, {{qualifier|human}} {{t-egy|ḫḫ|f|h=x:x-F10}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|кирьга}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|kolo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|kael}}, {{tt|et|kaelus}}
* Even: {{tt|eve|никан}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|никимна}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kaula}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|cou|m}}, {{tt+|fr|nuque|f}} {{gloss|nape of the neck}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|cuel}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|pescozo|m}}, {{tt|gl|colo|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|კისერი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Hals|m}}, {{qualifier|back of the neck}} {{tt+|de|Nacken|m}}, {{qualifier|back of the neck}} {{tt+|de|Genick|n}}
* Gorontalo: {{tt+|gor|bulo'o}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|λαιμός|m}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|δέρη|f}}, {{tt|grc|τράχηλος|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|qungaseq}}, {{t|kl|tunusuk}}
* Guaraní: {{tt+|gn|ajúra}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|ગરદન}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|kou}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|wuya}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|ʻāʻī}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|צוואר|m|alt=צַוָּאר / צוואר|tr=tsavár}}
* Hidatsa: {{tt|hid|áaba}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|li-ug}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|गर्दन|f}}, {{tt+|hi|कंठ|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|nyak}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|háls|m}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|leher}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kagla}}
* Inuktitut: {{tt|iu|ᖁᖓᓯᖅ}}
* Iranun: {{tt|ill|le'eg}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|muineál|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|collo|m}}
* Iu Mien: {{tt|ium|jaang}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|首|tr=くび, kubi}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|gulu}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|목}}
* Kabardian: {{tt+|kbd|пщэ}}
* Kabyle: {{tt|kab|iri}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|күзүн}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಕತ್ತು}}
* Kashmiri: {{tt|ks|گَردَن}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|szëja}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|мойын}}
* Khamti: {{t-needed|kht}}
* Khasi: {{tt|kha|ryndang}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ក}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|mbogo}}
* Kimaragang: {{tt|kqr|liou}}
* Kituba: {{t|ktu|kingu}}
* Klias River Kadazan: {{tt|kqt|liyow}}
* Koho: {{tt|kpm|nko}}
* Kolami: {{t|kfb|గర్దన్|tr=gardan}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|голя}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|kingu}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|목}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|مِل}}, {{tt|ckb|ئەستۆ}}
*: Laki: {{tt+|lki|مِل}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|stû}}
*: Southern Kurdish: {{tt+|sdh|مِل}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|моюн}}
* Ladin: {{t-needed|lld}}
* Lak: {{tt|lbe|ссурссу}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ຄໍ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|koklys|m}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|collum|n}}, {{tt+|la|cervīx|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|kakls|m}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|гардан}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|collo|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|kaklas|m}}
* Lombard: {{tt+|lmo|coll|m}}
* Lotud: {{tt|dtr|liou}}
* Low German: {{tt+|nds|Hals|m}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|likosi}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|врат|m}}, {{tt|mk|шија|f}}
* Maguindanao: {{tt|mdh|lig}}
* Makasar: {{t|mak|kellong}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|vozona}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|leher}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|കഴുത്ത്}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣᠨ}}
* Mandinka: {{tt|mnk|kaŋo}}
* Mansaka: {{tt|msk|liyug}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|mwannal}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|kakī}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|lig}}
* Marathi: {{tt+|mr|मान}}
* Mari: {{tt|mhr|шӱй}}
* Maricopa: {{tt|mrc|miipuk}}
* Mauritian Creole: {{t|mfe|kou}}
* Meriam: {{tt|ulk|tabó}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|кърга}}
* Mon: {{tt+|mnw|ကံ}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|хүзүү}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ}}
* Motu: {{tt|meu|aio}}
* Muong: {{tt|mtq|cố}}
* Nahuatl: {{tt+|nah|quechtli}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|монгон}}
* Nauruan: {{tt+|na|teren}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|akʼos}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|cuollo|m}}
* Newar: {{tt|new|कथु}}
* Nganasan: {{tt|nio|бакәз̌әә|tr=bakəžəə}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{tt|nay|kuri}}
* Nivkh: {{tt|niv|ӄʼос}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|co|m}}
* Northern Khmer: {{t-needed|kxm}}
* Northern Thai: {{t-needed|nod}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|hals|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|hals|m}}
* Nuosu: {{tt|ii|ꆹ}}, {{tt|ii|ꇵꆹ}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|còl}}
* Ojibwe: {{q|my neck}} {{tt|oj|nikwegan}}
* Okinawan: {{tt|ryu|くび|tr=kubi}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|шиꙗ|f}}, {{tt|cu|вꙑꙗ|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt|cu|ⱎⰹⱑ|f}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|шиꙗ|f}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|swēora|m}}
* Old French: {{tt|fro|col|f}}
* Old Javanese: {{tt|kaw|gulu}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|morma}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|хъуыр}}, {{tt|os|ӕфцӕг}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|بویون|tr=boyun}}, {{tt|ota|گردن|tr=gerden}}, {{tt|ota|یال|tr=yâl}}
* Pangasinan: {{tt|pag|bekleo}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|غاړه|f|tr=ǧāṛa}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{t|pdc|Hals|m}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|گَرْدَن}}, {{t+|fa-ira|مُل}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}, {{tt+check|fa-ira|گَری}}
* Phake: {{t-needed|phk}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|col|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|szyja|f}}, {{tt+|pl|kark|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|pescoço|m}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{tt|pa|ਧੌਣ}}
* Quechua: {{tt+|qu|kunka}}
* Rapa Nui: {{tt|rap|gao}}
* Rohingya: {{tt|rhg|gola}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|còl|m}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|korr}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|gât|n}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|culiez}}, {{tt|rm|culöz}}
* Rungus: {{tt|drg|lliow}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ше́я|f}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́я|f}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* Rwanda-Rundi: {{tt|rw|ijosi}}
* S'gaw Karen: {{tt|ksw|ကိာ်}}
* Sabah Bisaya: {{tt|bsy|liou}}
* Sami:
*: Inari: {{tt|smn|čeve}}
*: Northern: {{tt|se|čeabet}}, {{tt|se|čeabi}}, {{tt|se|čeabát}}
*: Skolt: {{tt|sms|čeäppat}}
*: Southern: {{tt|sma|tjovrese}}
* Samoan: {{tt+|sm|ua}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|ग्रीवा|f}}
* Santali: {{tt|sat|ᱦᱚᱴᱚᱜᱽ}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|trucu}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|amhach|f}}, {{qualifier|person's}} {{tt|gd|muineal|m}}
* Sebop: {{tt|sib|batok}}
* Sekapan: {{tt|skp|ngo'a}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|вра̑т|m}}, {{tt|sh|ши̏ја|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|vrȃt|m}}, {{tt+|sh|šȉja|f}}
* Shan: {{t-needed|shn}}
* Sherpa: {{tt|xsr|མཇིང་པ|tr=jingpa}}
* Shona: {{tt|sn|mutsipa}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|coddu|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|බෙල්ල}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|krk|m}}, {{tt|sk|šija|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|vrat|m}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|qoor}}, {{tt|so|sur}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|šyja|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|šija|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cuello|m}}, {{tt+|es|pescuezo|m}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|neki}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|tengek}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|shingo}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|hals|c}}
* Tagal Murut: {{tt|mvv|liog}}
* Tagalog: {{qualifier|literally}} {{tt+|tl|leeg|n}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|гардан}}
* Talysh:
*: Asalemi: {{tt|tly|گردن|tr=gardan}}
* Tambunan Dusun: {{tt|kzt|liou}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|கழுத்து}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|kʼə́onemą}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|iri|m}}
* Tatar: {{tt|tt|муйын}}, {{tt+|tt|муен}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|liug}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|మెడ}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|kakorok}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|คอ}}, {{tt|th|ลำคอ}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|མཇིང་པ}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt|ti|ክሳድ}}
* Timugon Murut: {{tt|tih|liog}}
* Tongan: {{tt|to|kia}}
* Tulu: {{tt|tcy|ಕೆಕ್ಕಿಲ್}}, {{t|tcy|ಕಂಟೆಲ್}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|boyun}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|boýun}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|моюн}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|ши́я|f}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|گَرْدَن|f}}, {{tt|ur|کَنْٹھ|m}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|بويۇن}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|bo'yin}}, {{tt+|uz|gardan}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|còl|m}}, {{tt|vec|coło|m}}, {{tt|vec|col|m}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|kagl}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|cổ}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|särvig}}, {{qualifier|back of the neck}} {{tt+|vo|nük}}
* Waray-Waray: {{tt|war|liog}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|gwddf|m}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{tt|bdr|kelong}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|nekke|c}}
* Winnebago: {{tt|win|caaše}}
* Wolof: {{tt+|wo|baat}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|intamo}}
* Yakan: {{tt|yka|kellong}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|моой}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|האַלדז|m}}
* Yoruba: {{tt|yo|ọrùn}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|mêr}}, {{tt+|zza|vıle}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|'als|m}}, {{tt|zea|nikke|f}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|hoz}}
* Zulu: {{tt+|zu|intamo|c9|c10}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|шийка|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|part of a shirt, dress etc.}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|jakë|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օձիք}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|яка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|coll|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hals|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|col}}, {{t+|nl|kraag}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaulus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|col|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|colo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kragen|m}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|waha}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyak}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|muineál|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|collo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|襟|tr=eri}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|مل}}
* Latin: {{t|la|collum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kakls|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|врат|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kołnierz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gola|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|guler|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|во́рот|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|amhach|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|вра̑т|m}}, {{t|sh|гр̏к|m}}, {{t|sh|гр̀кљан|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|vrȃt|m}}, {{t+|sh|gȑk|m}}, {{t+|sh|gr̀kljan|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuello|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|tapered part of a bottle}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|qafë}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|վզիկ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гърло|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|coll|m}}, {{t+|ca|broc|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hrdlo|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hals|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|flessenhals|m}}, {{t+|nl|hals|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
* French: {{t+|fr|goulot|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|colo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Hals|m}}, {{t+|de|Flaschenhals|m}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|wuya}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyak}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scrogall|m}}, {{t|ga|scrogall buidéil|m}}, {{t|ga|[[scóig]] ([[buidéil]])|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|collo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|首|tr=kubi}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|مل}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kakls|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|грло|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|hals|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|szyjka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gargalo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|gât|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|го́рлышко|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|amhach|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гр̏ло|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|gȑlo|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vrat|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuello|m}}, {{t+|es|gollete|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hals|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|botany: slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|extension of stringed instrument}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|qafë}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|琴桿|tr=qíngān}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hals|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nek}}, {{t+|nl|hals|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
* French: {{t+|fr|manche|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Hals|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyak}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|caol|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|棹|tr=sao}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|гриф|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gryf|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|braço|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|gât|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гриф|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|amhach|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuello|m}}, {{t+|es|mástil|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|niemi}} {{q|projection}}; {{t+|fi|kannas}} {{q|connection}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scóig|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|переше́ек|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|engineering: reduction in size near the end of an object}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaulus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|constriction between the root and crown of a tooth}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|architecture: gorgerin of a capital}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|firearms: part between the chase and the swell of the muzzle}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaula}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|figurative: person's life}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|henki}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hals|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|slang: falsehood, lie}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potaska}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Ainu: {{t-check|ain|レクト|alt=レク<span style="font-size:70%;">ト</span>|tr=rekut}}
* Basque: {{t-check|eu|lepo}}, {{t-check|eu|lepondo}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|gouzoug|m}}, {{t+check|br|kilpenn|m}} ''(nape of the neck)''
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|kolo}}
* Guaraní: {{t+check|gn|ajúra}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|צוואר|tr=tsavar|m}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|kolo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|leher}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|collo}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|목}}
* Malayalam: {{t+check|ml|കഴുത്ത്}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{t-check|pjt|liri}}
* Sicilian: {{t-check|sc|trugu|m}} (1)
* Slovak: {{t+check|sk|krk|m}}, {{t-check|sk|šíja|f}}
* Tagalog: {{t+check|tl|leeg}}, {{t-check|tl|liig}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|కంఠం}}, {{t+check|te|మెడ}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|aîura}}
* Urdu: {{t-check|ur|گردن|tr=gardan}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|throat}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[hang]] by the neck; [[strangle]]; [[kill]], eliminate.
#: {{ux|en|Go '''neck''' yourself.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|informal|chiefly|US}} To [[make love]]; to intently [[kiss]] or [[cuddle]]; to [[canoodle]].
#: {{syn|en|French kiss|grope|pet|smoodge|snog|snuggle|smooch}}
#: {{ux|en|Alan and Betty were '''necking''' in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.}}
#* {{RQ:Welsh Trainspotting|page=326|passage=Molly had been in love with Sick Boy since he '''necked''' with her in a seedy disco-bar in Leith a few weeks ago. Sick Boy had made a drunken point about HIV transmission and to illustrate it had spent most of the night french-kissing her.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[drink]] or [[swallow]] rapidly.
#: {{syn|en|chug}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Stephen Price|title=Monkey Man|page=146
|passage=Actually, mostly I swan around in my silver sports car, '''necking''' drugs, and feeling sorry for myself.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=Sarah Johnstone; Tom Masters|title=London
|passage=In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or '''necking''' Asahi beer.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author={{w|Kitty Empire}} [pseudonym]|title={{w|The Streets}} review&nbsp;– the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman|editor=w:Katharine Viner|newspaper=w:The Guardian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408062100/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/26/the-streets-mike-skinner-review-o2-academy-leeds|archivedate=8 April 2019|location=London|publisher=[[w:Guardian Media Group|Guardian News & Media]]|date=26 January 2019|issn=0261-3077|oclc=229952407|passage=The 40-year-old &#91;[[w:Mike Skinner (musician)|Mike Skinner]]&#93; is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily '''necking''' it in one.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To decrease in diameter.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=John H. Bickford|title=Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4zEdt_t9sIC&pg=PA272|page=272
|passage=Since this temperature would place the bolt in its creep range, it will slowly stretch, '''necking''' down as it does so. Eventually it will get too thin to support the weight, and the bolt will break.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|necking}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|hang by the neck; strangle; kill}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nekken}}, {{t+|nl|wurgen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hirttää}} {{q|to hang}}, {{t+|fi|kuristaa}} {{q|to strangle}}
* German: {{t+|de|hängen}}, {{t+|de|erhängen}}, {{t+|de|würgen}}, {{t+|de|erwürgen}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|strangolare}}, {{t|it|appendere per il collo}}, {{t+|it|impiccare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|縊る|tr=kubiru}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|esganar}}, {{t+|pt|estrangular}}, {{t+|pt|enforcar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|strangula}}, {{t+|ro|sugruma}}, {{t+|ro|spânzura}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|make love}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|muckat se|impf}}, {{t|cs|cucat se|impf}}, {{t+|cs|mazlit se|impf}}, {{t|cs|muchlovat se|impf}}, {{t|cs|muchlat se|impf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|elske}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vehdata}}, {{t+|fi|kaulailla}}, {{t+|fi|lemmiskellä}}
* German: {{t+|de|knutschen}}, {{t+|de|sich}} {{t+|de|küssen}}, {{t|de|[[sich]] [[lieben]]}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pomiciare}}, {{t+|it|limonare}}, {{t+|it|slinguare}}, {{t+|it|fare l'amore}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|いちゃつく|tr=ichatsuku}}, {{t+|ja|戯れる|tr=tawamureru}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|drink rapidly}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kitata}}, {{t|fi|kulauttaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|schlucken}}, {{t+|de|saufen}}, {{t+|de|stürzen}}, {{t+|de|hinunterstürzen}}, {{t|de|runterstürzen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|benyakal}}, {{t+|hu|piál}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|飲む|tr=nomu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tordre le cou}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|en|da|nøkke}}, {{bor|en|sv|näck}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|folklore}} A [[shapeshifting]] water [[spirit]] in Germanic [[mythology]] and folklore; a [[nix]].
#: {{syn|en|nis|nix|nixie|nixy}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1828|author=Thomas Keightley|authorlink=Thomas Keightley|title=The Fairy Mythology|volume=I|location=London|publisher=William Harrison Ainsworth|page=234|passage=The '''Neck''' no more upon the river sings.<br>And no Mermaid to bleach her linen flings<br>Upon the waves in the mild solar ray.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|folklore: shapeshifting water spirit|nix}}

{{C|en|Mythological creatures}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cekn|Enck}}

{{C|en|Cuts of meat}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|neck}}.

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|geology}} {{l|en|neck}} {{gloss|solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|neck}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|nèk}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m}}

# {{lb|it|geology}} {{l|en|neck}} {{gloss|solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano}}