Propinquity

Definition: Propinquity

Propinquity

Noun

1. The property of being close together.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "propinquity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references)

Etymology: Propinquity \Pro*pin"qui*ty\, noun. [Latin expression propinquitas, from propinquus near, neighboring, from prope near.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Propinquity

Nearness

Noun: nearness; Adjective: proximity, propinquity; vicinity, vicinage; neighborhood, adjacency; contiguity.

Crosswords: Propinquity

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace. This is called propinquity. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Giving Ground: The Politics of Propinquity (reference)

• Propinquity (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

ngjashmëri (analogy, correspondence, identity, image, kinship, likeness, parallel, parallelism, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), lidhje gjaku (blood relationship, consanguinity, kindred), afërsi (adjacency, closeness, contiguity, familiarity, imminence, impendence, locality, nearness, neighborship, neighbourship, proximity, vicinity). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نسب (ascription, assign, belong, derivation, descent, extraction, issue, kin, lineage, parentage, pedigree, relation, relationship), ‏قريب (adjacent, akin, approaching, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearby, nearer, next of kin, nigh, on familiar terms, related, relational, relative, thereabout, thereabouts), ‏قرب مكان, ‏تشابه (bear, correspondence, like, likeness, look alike, parity, resemblance, resemble, similarity), ‏شبه (affinity, assimilate, compare, comparison, feature, imagine, like, liken, likeness, parallelism, quasi-, resemblance, resemble, resole, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude, take after). (various references)

Bulgarian 

родство (affinity, alliance, blood, filiation, kin, kinship, relation, relationship, vicinity), близост (adjacency, alliance, appetence, appetency, approach, association, closeness, immediacy, impendence, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, reach, vicinity), прилика (affinity, conformity, kindred, kinship, likeness, parallelism, parity, resemblance, similarity, similitude), подобие (analogue, analogy, effigy, likeness, parity, portrait, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude, simulacrum). (various references)

Czech

blízkost (closeness, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, vicinity). (various references)

Farsi 

مجاورت (Adjacency, Contiguity, Juxtaposition, Neighborhood, Proximity, Vicinity), نزدیکی (Accession, Adjacency, Affinity, Approximation, Contiguity, Proximity, Rapprochement, Verge, Vicinity), قرابت (Imminence), خویشی (Kin, Kinship, Relationship), شباهت (Analog, Analogue, Analogy, Equality, Likeness, Proportion, Resemblance, Semblance). (various references)

French

proximité (proximity), parenté proche, ressemblance, consanguinité, affinité. (various references)

German

Nähe (adjacencies, closeness, contiguousness, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, sew, sewing, stitch, vicinage, vicinity). (various references)

Greek 

συγγένεια (affinity, blood, connection, kin, kindred, kinship, relatedness, relation, relationship, relationship with), εγγύτησ (closeness, imminence, nearness, proximateness, proximity, vicinity), εγγύτητα (closeness, nearness, proximateness, proximity, vicinity). (various references)

Hebrew 

קרב�" (affinity, closeness, community, familiarity, kinship, neighbourhood, proximity, relation, vicinity). (various references)

Hungarian

vérrokonság (agnation, blood, blood relation, cognation, consanguinity, kindred), közelség (closeness, imminence, nearness, proximity, vicinity), rokonlelkűség, felfogásbeli hasonlóság. (various references)

Italian

vicinanza (adjacency, closeness, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood, outskirts, proximity, vicinity). (various references)

Pig Latin

opinquitypray

Portuguese

proximidade no tempo, propinquidade, vizinhança (neighborhood, neighborship, neighbourhood, neighbourship, proximity, vicinage, vicinity, way), similaridade (comparison, kinship, resemblance, similarity), lugar ou em parentesco, afinidade (affinity, connection, connexion, kinship, relationship). (various references)

Romanian

similitudine (resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude), asemãnare (approach, comparison, congeniality, image, kindred, likeness, parallel, parallelism, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude), apropiere (approach, approximation, closeness, coming, kindred, nearness, neighbor, neighborhood, neighbour, neighbourhood, proximity, vicinity), înrudire (affinity, cognation, congeniality, kindred, kinship, relationship, similarity). (various references)

Russian 

родство (alliance, blood, cognation, connection, connexion, consanguinity, kinship, relation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bliskost (closeness, imminence, nearness, vicinity). (various references)

Spanish

propincuidad, parentesco (in law, kin, kindred, kinship, relationship), cercanía (closeness, nearness), afinidad (affinity, appetence, appetency, kinship, relationship). (various references)

Swedish

närhet (closeness, nearness, proximity, vicinity), nära släktskap. (various references)

Turkish

yakınlık (adjacency, affinity, approximation, closeness, connection, connexion, contiguity, familiarity, immediacy, imminence, intimacy, kinship, nearness, proximity, relationship, terms), benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, identity, kinship, likeness, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude), akrabalık (affinity, agnation, alliance, blood, blood relation, connection, consanguinity, kindred, kinship, proximity of blood, relation, relationship). (various references)

Ukrainian

сусідство (adjacency, neighborhood, neighborship, neighbourhood, neighbourship, presence, proximity, vicinity), схожість (affinity, analogy, appetency, comparison, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), швидке настання, кревність (affinity), близькість (appetency, closeness, contiguity, familiarity, nearness, neighborhood, neighborship, neighbourhood, neighbourship, nighness, proximity). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự giống nhau (resemblance, similarity), sự gần gụi (chumminess), quan hệ họ h� ng sự tương tự. (various references)

propinquitate, propinquitatis. (various references)

Misspellings

"Propinquity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: propincquity, propinguity, propinquinty, propiquity, proppinquity, prpinquity. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: punitory.

-4 letters: inquiry.

-5 letters: inpour, pointy, purity, trippy, tropin, turnip, uppity, uptorn.