friendship

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛndʃɪp/

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Etymology

From Middle English frendshipe, frendschip, freondschipe, from Old English frēondscipe ‎(“friendship”), equivalent to friend +‎ -ship. Cognate with Scots freindschip ‎(“friendship”), West Frisian freonskip ‎(“friendship”), Saterland Frisian Früündskup, Fjundskup ‎(“friendship”), Dutch vriendschap ‎(“friendship”), German Low German Fründschap ‎(“friendship”), German Freundschaft ‎(“friendship”).

Noun

friendship ‎(countable and uncountable, plural friendships)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
2. (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
3. (uncountable) Good will.

Synonyms

• (friendly relationship): entente cordiale

Antonyms

• enemyship
• foeship

Derived terms

Derived terms

friendshipful friendshipless friendshiplike friendshiply friendshipped

friendshipping friendshippish/friendshipish friendshippy/friendshipy guestfriendship

Translations

(uncountable) condition of being friends

• Albanian: shoqëri (sq)
• Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ar) f ‎(ṣadāqa)
• Armenian: ընկերություն (hy) ‎(ənkerutʿyun), բարեկամություն (hy) ‎(barekamutʿyun)
• Asturian: amistá f
• Azeri: arxadaşlıq, dostluq (az)
• Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ ‎(duθlïq)
• Belarusian: сябро́ўства n ‎(sjabróŭstva)
• Bengali: বন্ধুত্ব ‎(bôndhutbô)
• Bulgarian: прия́телство (bg) n ‎(prijátelstvo), дру́жба (bg) f ‎(drúžba)
• Catalan: amistat (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴷⴷⵓⴽⴽⵍⴰ f ‎(tiddukkla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 友誼 (zh), 友谊 (zh) ‎(yǒuyì), 友情 (zh) ‎(yǒuqíng), 友愛 (zh), 友爱 (zh) ‎(yǒu'ài) (friendly affection)

• Crimean Tatar: dostluq
• Czech: přátelství (cs) n
• Danish: venskab (da) n
• Dutch: vriendschap (nl) f
• Estonian: sõprus (et)
• Faroese: vinskapur m, vinsemi n, f, vinsemd f, vinalag n
• Finnish: ystävyys (fi)
• French: amitié (fr) f

  Old French: amistié f

  Middle French: amistié f

• Galician: amizade (gl) f
• Georgian: მეგობრობისათვის ‎(megobrobisatvis)
• German: Freundschaft (de) f

  Old High German: winescaft

• Greek: φιλία (el) f ‎(filía)

  Ancient: φιλία f ‎(philía)

• Hebrew: ידידות (he) f ‎(yedidút)
• Hindi: दोस्ती (hi) f ‎(dostī), मित्रता (hi) f ‎(mitrtā)
• Hungarian: barátság (hu)
• Icelandic: vinátta (is) f
• Indonesian: persahabatan (id)
• Ingush: доттагӏал ‎(dottaġal)
• Irish: cumann m
• Italian: amicizia (it)
• Japanese: 友情 (ja) ‎(ゆうじょう, yūjō)
• Kannada: ಗೆಳೆತನ (kn) ‎(geḷetana)
• Kazakh: достық (kk) ‎(dostıq)
• Khmer: មិត្តភាព ‎(mittaʔpʰiep)
• Korean: 우정 (ko) ‎(ujeong) (友情 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دۆستایه‌تی

• Kyrgyz: достук (ky) ‎(dostuk)

• Lao: ມິດຕະພາບ (lo) ‎(mit ta phāp)
• Latin: amicitia (la) f
• Latvian: draudzība (lv)
• Lithuanian: draugystė, gerumas
• Macedonian: дружба (mk) f ‎(družba)
• Malay: persahabatan
• Maori: whakahoahoatanga
• Mongolian: найрамдал (mn) ‎(najramdal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vennskap (no) n

  Nynorsk: venskap m, n, vennskap m, n

• Old English: winescipe m
• Old French: amistié f
• Old Norse: vinskapr m
• Old Provençal: amistat f
• Persian: دوستی (fa) ‎(dusti)
• Polish: przyjaźń (pl) f
• Portuguese: amizade (pt) f
• Romanian: prietenie (ro) f, amiciție (ro) f
• Russian: дру́жба (ru) f ‎(drúžba)
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пријатељство n

  Roman: prijateljstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: priateľstvo n, družba f
• Slovene: prijateljstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: amistad (es) f
• Swahili: urafiki (sw)
• Swedish: vänskap (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkakaibigan
• Tajik: дусти ‎(dusti)
• Tamil: நட்பு (ta) ‎(naṭpu)
• Tatar: дуслык (tt) ‎(duslıq)
• Telugu: స్నేహము (te) ‎(snēhamu)
• Thai: มิตรภาพ ‎(mít-dtrà-pâap)
• Turkish: arkadaşlık (tr)
• Turkmen: dostluk
• Ukrainian: дру́жба f ‎(drúžba)
• Urdu: دوستی f ‎(dostī)
• Uzbek: o`rtoqchilik (uz)
• Venetian: amicizsia f
• Vietnamese: tình bạn (vi)
• Volapük: flenam (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿרײַנדשאַפֿט f ‎(frayndshaft), חבֿרהשאַפֿט f ‎(khevreshaft)

(countable) friendly relationship

• Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ar) ‎(ṣadāqa)
• Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ ‎(duθlïq)
• Bulgarian: приятелство (bg) n ‎(prijatelstvo)
• Czech: přátelství (cs) n
• Danish: venskab (da) n
• Esperanto: amikeco (eo)
• Finnish: ystävyys (fi)
• French: amitié (fr)

  Old French: amistié f

  Middle French: amistié f

• German: Freundschaft (de) f
• Greek: φιλία (el) f ‎(filía)

• Hungarian: barátság (hu)
• Icelandic: vinátta (is) f
• Japanese: 交際 (ja) ‎(こうさい, kōsai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vennskap (no) n

  Nynorsk: venskap m, n, vennskap m, n

• Old French: amistié f
• Portuguese: amizade (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m
• Turkish: arkadaşlık (tr)

(uncountable) good will

• Bulgarian: дружелюбие (bg) n ‎(druželjubie)
• German: Freundschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: barátság (hu)

• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m

See also

• friending
• mateship