befriend

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• Received-Pronunciation: bĭfrĕnd
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɹɛnd/
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• General-American: /bəˈfɹɛnd/
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• General-American: /bi-/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 F R EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English befriend From be- (intensifying prefix) + friend (verb). cognates * Dutch bevrienden (“to befriend”) * German befreunden (“to befriend”) * German Low German befründen (“to befriend”) * Saterland Frisian befrüündje (“to befriend”) * West Frisian befreone (“befriended”)

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: amistar(se) con — to become a friend of (someone)
• Spanish: amigarse con — to become a friend of (someone)
• Finnish: avustaa ystävällisesti — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• German: sich jemandes annehmen — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Hungarian: barátként viselkedik/bánik — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Māori: takahoa — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Polish: pomagać sobie — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Polish: pomóc sobie — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Serbo-Croatian: пријатељѐвати — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help
• Serbo-Croatian: prijateljèvati — to act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support — see also assist, help