friendly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfrɛndli/, IPA: /ˈfrɛnli/

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Etymology

friend + -ly

Adjective

friendly (comparative more friendly or friendlier, superlative most friendly or friendliest)

1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

   Pets must be friendly, working animals rather obedient

2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

   He gave a friendly smile.

3. Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc.
4. Without any hostility, as in friendly competition.
5. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports

   The soldier was killed by friendly fire.

6. (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

   friendly numbers, friendly pairs, friendly n-tuples

Antonyms

• unfriendly

Derived terms

• family friendly
• friendliness
• friendly fire
• Friendly Islands
• radio-friendly
• user-friendly

Translations

warm, approachable

• Arabic: لطيف (ar) (laTiif)
• Catalan: amistós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 友好 (cmn) (yǒuhǎo)

• Czech: přátelský (cs) m
• Danish: venlig (da)
• Dutch: vriendelijk (nl), hartelijk (nl)
• Estonian: sõbralik (et)
• Finnish: ystävällinen (fi)
• French: amical (fr) m, amicale (fr) f, aimable (fr) m and f, gentil (fr) m, gentille (fr) f
• German: freundlich (de)
• Greek: φιλικός (el) (filikós) (filikòs)
• Hawaiian: aikāne
• Hungarian: barátságos (hu)

• Icelandic: vingjarnlegur (is), vinalegur (is)
• Japanese: 親切 (ja) (shinsetsu), 愛想のよい (ja) (aisō no yoi), 人当たりのよい (ja) (hitoatari no yoi),
• Polish: przyjazny m
• Portuguese: amigável (pt), amistoso (pt)
• Romanian: prietenos (ro)
• Russian: дружелюбный (ru) (druželjúbnyj) , приветливый (ru) (privétlivyj) , любезный (ru) (ljubéznyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil (gd)
• Slovene: prijáteljski (sl)
• Spanish: amistoso (es)
• Swedish: vänlig (sv)
• Volapük: flenöfik (vo)
• Yiddish: חבֿריש (yi) (khaverish)

characteristic of friendliness

• Catalan: amistós (ca)
• Czech: přátelský (cs)
• Danish: venlig (da)
• Dutch: vriendelijk (nl), sympathiek (nl), aangenaam (nl), vriendschappelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: amika (eo)
• Estonian: sõbralik (et)
• Finnish: ystävällinen (fi)
• French: amical (fr) m, amicale (fr) f, aimable (fr) m and f, gentil (fr) m, gentille (fr) f
• German: freundlich (de)

• Japanese: 気さく (ja) (kisaku), 友好的 (ja) (yūkōteki)
• Polish: przyjazny m
• Russian: дружественный (ru) (drúžestvennyj) , дружеский (ru) (drúžeskij) 
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: prijateljski (sh)
• Slovene: prijáteljski (sl)
• Swedish: vänlig (sv)
• Volapük: flenöfik (vo)

having an easy relationship

• Finnish: ystävällinen (fi)

without hostility

• Catalan: amistós (ca)
• Danish: venligsindet (da), venskabelig (da)
• Dutch: vriendschappelijk
• Finnish: ystävällismielinen (fi)

• Russian: дружественный (ru) (drúžestvennyj) , товарищеский (ru) (továriščeskij) 
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil (gd)

pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense

• Dutch: bevriend (nl)
• Finnish: oma (fi)
• French: allié (fr) m, alliée (fr) f
• Hungarian: baráti (hu)

• Japanese: 味方 (ja) (mikata)の (adnominal)
• Polish: przyjazny m
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil (gd)

Adverb

friendly (comparative more friendly, superlative most friendly)

1. (now rare) In a friendly manner, like a friend.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:

     And we cannot doubt, our Brothers in Physick [...] will friendly accept, if not countenance our endeavours.

Synonyms

• amicably, friendlily

Translations

in a friendly manner

• Armenian: ընկերաբար (hy) (ənkerabar)
• Danish: venligt (da)
• Dutch: vriendelijk, vriendschappelijk
• Esperanto: amike (eo)
• Estonian: sõbralikult (et)
• Finnish: ystävällisesti (fi)

• French: amicalement (fr), aimablement (fr), gentiment (fr)
• German: freundlich (de)
• Greek: φιλικά (el) (filiká) (filikà)
• Hungarian: barátságosan (hu)
• Japanese: 友好的に (ja) (yūkōtekini), 気さくに (ja) (kisakuni)
• Romanian: prietenește (ro), (în mod) prietenos (ro)

Noun

friendly (plural friendlies)

1. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

   Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions

2. Person or entity on the same side of a conflict.

Translations

(sports) game

• Danish: venskabskamp (da) c
• Dutch: vriendschappelijke wedstrijd
• Finnish: ystävyysottelu (fi)
• French: match amical (fr) m
• Galician: amigable (gl) m
• German: Freundschaftsspiel (de) n

• Greek: φιλικός (el) m (filikós) (filikós)
• Icelandic: vináttuleikur (is) m
• Japanese: 親善試合 (ja) (shinzenjiai), フレンドシップマッチ (ja) (furendoshippu macchi)
• Norwegian: vennskapskamp (no)
• Spanish: amistoso (es) m
• Swedish: träningsmatch (sv) c, vänskapsmatch (sv) c

someone of the same side

• Dutch: bevriende (partij/soldaat etc.), bondgenoot m
• Finnish: oma (fi)

• Japanese: 味方 (ja) (mikata)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: приятелски m, дружески m, приветлив m
• Italian: amichevole m and f

• Norwegian: vennlig, sympatisk
• Romanian: amical m, amicală f (1); prietenos m, prietenoasă f (2)
• Spanish: amistoso m, amistosa f