adjective/vwa.zɛ̃/
neighbouring, neighboring; similar
“Je n'avais aucune nouvelle de la situation politique dans notre pauvre pays, je ne savais pas ce que j'allais trouver en y foulant son sol, si nous arrivions à passer la frontière du pays voisin sans nous faire arrêter.” — I had had no news of the political situation in our poor country. I did not know what I would find when I set foot there; if, that is, we managed to cross the border from a neighbouring country without being arrested.
Synonyms: limitrophe, similaire, proche
Inherited from Old French voisin, veisin, from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus.