friends

See also Friends, and friend

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɹɛndz/, SAMPA: /frEndz/

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Noun

friends

1. Plural form of friend.
2. Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.

   I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.

   Jane and I made friends right away.

   We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day.

   We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them.

Usage notes

• We usually make a friend, or make friends with someone. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Translations

participants in a two-way friendship

Arabic: أصْدِقَاءُ (’aʂdiqá:’u) Belarusian: сябры Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 朋友們, simpl. 朋友们 (péngyǒumén) Min Nan: 朋友 (pêng-iú) Dutch: vrienden (nl) Esperanto: amikoj, amikinoj f. Finnish: ystävät (fi) French: amis (fr) German: Freunde (de)

Greek: φίλοι (el) (fíloi) Hebrew: חברים (khaverím) Igbo: ọyi Italian: amici (it) Japanese: 友人 (yūjin) Korean: 친구 (chin-gu) Polish: przyjaciele Portuguese: amigos (pt) Russian: друзья (druz’já) Spanish: amigos (es), amigas (es) f.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: replied · making · towards · #376: friends · forth · fire · lost

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