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Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
friendship (countable and uncountable, plural friendships)
- (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
- (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
- (uncountable) Good will.
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(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
- Middle French: amistié f
- Old French: amistié f
- Galician: amizade (gl) f
- Georgian: მეგობრობა (megobroba)
- German: Freundschaft (de) f
- Old High German: winescaft
- Greek: φιλία (el) f (filía)
- Ancient: φιλία f (philía)
- Hebrew: יְדִידוּת (he) f (y'didút)
- Hindi: दोस्ती (hi) f (dostī), मित्रता (hi) f (mitratā)
- 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)
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- Latin: amicitia (la) f
- Latvian: draudzība
- Lithuanian: draugystė, gerumas
- Low German:
- German Low German: Fründschap f, Fründschop f
- 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, drużba f (obsolete)
- 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: చెలిమి (te) (celimi), 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)
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(countable) friendly relationship
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