bosom friend

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Compound of bosom + friend. Compare typologically Russian напе́рсник (napérsnik), akin to Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, Russian закады́чный друг (zakadýčnyj drug), akin to кады́к (kadýk)).

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: boesemvriend — very close friend
• Afrikaans: boesemvriendin — very close friend
• Azerbaijani: sirdaş — very close friend
• Azerbaijani: ürəkbir dost — very close friend
• Azerbaijani: həmdəm — very close friend
• Belarusian: блізкі сябар (blizki sjabar) — very close friend
• Belarusian: блізкі сябра (blizki sjabra) — very close friend
• Belarusian: блізкая сяброўка (blizkaja sjabrówka) — very close friend
• Belarusian: таечка (taječka) — very close friend
• Chinese Mandarin: 知己 (zhījǐ) — very close friend
• Chinese Mandarin: 知音 (zhīyīn) — very close friend
• Chinese Mandarin: 摯友 /挚友 (zhìyǒu) — very close friend
• Dutch: getrouwe — very close friend
• Dutch: boezemvriend — very close friend
• Dutch: boezemvriendin — very close friend
• Estonian: südamesõber — very close friend
• Finnish: sydänystävä — very close friend
• French: ami intime — very close friend
• French: amie intime — very close friend
• Galician: amigo da alma — very close friend
• Galician: amiga da alma — very close friend
• German: Busenfreund — very close friend
• German: Busenfreundin — very close friend
• Greek: επιστήθιος φίλος (epistíthios fílos) — very close friend
• Greek: κολλητός (kollitós) — very close friend
• Greek: αδελφικός φίλος (adelfikós fílos) — very close friend
• Hungarian: kebelbarát — very close friend
• Irish: cara cnis — very close friend
• Italian: amico per la pelle — very close friend
• Italian: amica per la pelle — very close friend
• Italian: amico del cuore — very close friend
• Italian: amica del cuore — very close friend
• Japanese: 親友 (shin'yū) — very close friend
• Japanese: 親しい友達 (shitashii tomodachi) — very close friend
• Japanese: 心安い友人 (kokoroyasui yūjin) — very close friend
• Kannada: ಆಪ್ತಮಿತ್ರ (āptamitra) — very close friend
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ನೇಹಿತ (prāṇasnēhita) — very close friend
• Malayalam: ഉറ്റസുഹൃത്ത് (uṟṟasuhr̥ttŭ) — very close friend
• Malayalam: ആത്മമിത്രം (ātmamitraṁ) — very close friend
• Polish: przyjaciel od serca — very close friend
• Polish: przyjaciółka od serca — very close friend
• Portuguese: amigo do peito — very close friend
• Portuguese: amiga do peito — very close friend
• Romanian: fârtat — very close friend
• Russian: закады́чный друг (zakadýčnyj drug) — very close friend
• Russian: бли́зкий друг (blízkij drug) — very close friend
• Scottish Gaelic: goistidh — very close friend
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-ghoistidh — very close friend
• Serbo-Croatian: naprsnik — very close friend
• Sikkimese: སྙིང་གྲོགས (snying grogs) — very close friend
• Spanish: amigo del alma — very close friend
• Spanish: amiga del alma — very close friend
• Swedish: hjärtevän — very close friend
• Swedish: såta vänner — very close friend
• Vietnamese: tri kỷ — very close friend
• Vietnamese: bạn thân — very close friend