best friend

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From Middle English best frend, best freond, equivalent to best + friend. Compare West Frisian bêste freon (“best friend”), Dutch beste vriend (“best friend”), German bester Freund (“best friend”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَفْضَل صَدِيق (ʔafḍal ṣadīq) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Arabic: فُضْلَى صَدِيقَة (fuḍlā ṣadīqa) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Bulgarian: най-добъ́р прия́тел (naj-dobǎ́r prijátel) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Bulgarian: най-добра́ прия́телка (naj-dobrá prijátelka) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Catalan: millor amic — an especially close and trusted friend
• Catalan: millor amiga — an especially close and trusted friend
• Chinese Mandarin: 至交 (zhìjiāo) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Chinese Mandarin: 好朋友 — an especially close and trusted friend
• Dutch: beste vriend — an especially close and trusted friend
• Dutch: beste vriendin — an especially close and trusted friend
• Estonian: parim sõber — an especially close and trusted friend
• Finnish: paras kaveri — an especially close and trusted friend
• Finnish: bestis — an especially close and trusted friend
• French: meilleur ami — an especially close and trusted friend
• French: meilleure amie — an especially close and trusted friend
• German: bester Freund — an especially close and trusted friend
• German: beste Freundin — an especially close and trusted friend
• Greek: κολλητός (kollitós) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Greek: κολλητή (kollití) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Hindi: सबसे अच्छा दोस्त (sabse acchā dost) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Icelandic: besti vinur — an especially close and trusted friend
• Icelandic: besta vinkona — an especially close and trusted friend
• Indonesian: sahabat — an especially close and trusted friend
• Irish: príomhchara — an especially close and trusted friend
• Irish: dlúthchara — an especially close and trusted friend
• Korean: 절친 (jeolchin) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Korean: 베스트 프렌드 (beseuteu peurendeu) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: kawan rapat — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: sahabat rapat — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: teman rapat — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: rakan rapat — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: kawan karib — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: sahabat karib — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: teman karib — an especially close and trusted friend
• Malay: rakan karib — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Bokmål: bestevenn — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Bokmål: bestevenninne — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: besteven — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bestevenn — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: besteveninne — an especially close and trusted friend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bestevenninne — an especially close and trusted friend
• Polish: przyjaciel — an especially close and trusted friend
• Polish: przyjaciółka — an especially close and trusted friend
• Portuguese: melhor amigo — an especially close and trusted friend
• Portuguese: melhores amigos — an especially close and trusted friend
• Portuguese: melhor amiga — an especially close and trusted friend
• Portuguese: melhores amigas — an especially close and trusted friend
• Romanian: cel mai bun prieten — an especially close and trusted friend
• Romanian: cea mai bună prietenă — an especially close and trusted friend
• Russian: прия́тель (prijátelʹ) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Russian: прия́тельница (prijátelʹnica) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Upper Sorbian: najlěpši přećel — an especially close and trusted friend
• Upper Sorbian: najlěpša přećelka — an especially close and trusted friend
• Spanish: mejor amigo — an especially close and trusted friend
• Spanish: mejor amiga — an especially close and trusted friend
• Swedish: bästa vän — an especially close and trusted friend
• Swedish: bäste vän — an especially close and trusted friend
• Swedish: bästis — an especially close and trusted friend
• Tagalog: matalik na kaibigan — an especially close and trusted friend
• Tagalog: beshie — an especially close and trusted friend
• Tagalog: bes — an especially close and trusted friend
• Tamil: நெருங்கிய நண்பன் (neruṅkiya naṇpaṉ) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Tamil: சிறந்த நண்பன் (ciṟanta naṇpaṉ) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Turkish: kanka — an especially close and trusted friend
• Ukrainian: найкра́щий друг (najkráščyj druh) — an especially close and trusted friend
• Welsh: ffrind pennaf — an especially close and trusted friend