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• /ˈfɹɛnd.li/
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From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English frēondlīċe (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend + -ly.

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: miqësor — approachable, warm
• Arabic: لَطِيف (laṭīf) — approachable, warm
• Arabic: ضْريف (ḍrif) — approachable, warm
• Arabic: زْوين (zwin) — approachable, warm
• Armenian: բարեկամական (barekamakan) — approachable, warm
• Armenian: ընկերական (ənkerakan) — approachable, warm
• Armenian: բարեհամբույր (barehambuyr) — approachable, warm
• Armenian: սիրալիր (siralir) — approachable, warm
• Belarusian: ла́скавы (láskavy) — approachable, warm
• Belarusian: прыя́зны (pryjázny) — approachable, warm
• Belarusian: дружалю́бны (družaljúbny) — approachable, warm
• Belarusian: сябро́ўскі (sjabrówski) — approachable, warm
• Belarusian: прыя́цельскі (pryjácjelʹski) — approachable, warm
• Bulgarian: приве́тлив (privétliv) — approachable, warm
• Bulgarian: дружелю́бен (druželjúben) — approachable, warm
• Bulgarian: прия́телски (prijátelski) — approachable, warm
• Catalan: amistós — approachable, warm
• Chinese Mandarin: 友好 (yǒuhǎo) — approachable, warm
• Chinese Mandarin: 親切 /亲切 (qīnqiè) — approachable, warm
• Czech: přívětivý — approachable, warm
• Czech: laskavý — approachable, warm
• Czech: přátelský — approachable, warm
• Danish: venlig — approachable, warm
• Dutch: vriendelijk — approachable, warm
• Dutch: hartelijk — approachable, warm
• Estonian: sõbralik — approachable, warm
• Finnish: ystävällinen — approachable, warm
• French: amical — approachable, warm
• French: amicale — approachable, warm
• French: aimable — approachable, warm
• French: gentil — approachable, warm
• French: gentille — approachable, warm
• Galician: amigábel — approachable, warm
• Galician: amistoso — approachable, warm
• German: freundlich — approachable, warm
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — approachable, warm
• Ancient Greek: φίλιος (phílios) — approachable, warm
• Ancient Greek: φιλικός (philikós) — approachable, warm
• Hawaiian: aikāne — approachable, warm
• Hebrew: חברותי — approachable, warm
• Hebrew: ידידותי (Yediduti) — approachable, warm
• Hungarian: barátságos — approachable, warm
• Icelandic: vingjarnlegur — approachable, warm
• Icelandic: vinalegur — approachable, warm
• Indonesian: ramah — approachable, warm
• Irish: cairdiúil — approachable, warm
• Irish: carthanach — approachable, warm
• Irish: coimhirseach — approachable, warm
• Irish: comhbhách — approachable, warm
• Irish: córtasach — approachable, warm
• Irish: dáimhiúil — approachable, warm
• Irish: dea-mhuinteartha — approachable, warm
• Irish: éilitheach — approachable, warm
• Irish: forbhfáilteach — approachable, warm
• Irish: lách — approachable, warm
• Irish: méiniúil — approachable, warm
• Irish: muinteartha — approachable, warm
• Irish: páirtiúil — approachable, warm
• Italian: amichevole — approachable, warm
• Italian: accogliente — approachable, warm
• Japanese: 親切な (shinsetsu na) — approachable, warm
• Japanese: 友好的な (yūkōteki na) — approachable, warm
• Javanese: ꦄꦏꦿꦧ꧀ (akrab) — approachable, warm
• Korean: 친절하다 (chinjeolhada) — approachable, warm
• Latin: amīcus — approachable, warm
• Latin: venustus — approachable, warm
• Lithuanian: draugiškas — approachable, warm
• Low German: fründlich — approachable, warm
• Macedonian: љубезен (ljubezen) — approachable, warm
• Macedonian: мил (mil) — approachable, warm
• Macedonian: пријателски (prijatelski) — approachable, warm
• Macedonian: дружељубив (druželjubiv) — approachable, warm
• Macedonian: добродушен (dobrodušen) — approachable, warm
• Malay: ramah — approachable, warm
• Middle English: frendly — approachable, warm
• Middle English: felawely — approachable, warm
• Nepali: मैत्रीपूर्ण (maitrīpūrṇa) — approachable, warm
• Norwegian Bokmål: vennlig — approachable, warm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: venleg — approachable, warm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vennleg — approachable, warm
• Persian: دوستانه (dustâne) — approachable, warm
• Plautdietsch: frintlich — approachable, warm
• Polish: przyjazny — approachable, warm
• Polish: życzliwy — approachable, warm
• Polish: przyjacielski — approachable, warm
• Portuguese: amigável — approachable, warm
• Portuguese: amistoso — approachable, warm
• Romanian: prietenos — approachable, warm
• Romanian: amical — approachable, warm
• Russian: дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj) — approachable, warm
• Russian: приве́тливый (privétlivyj) — approachable, warm
• Russian: любе́зный (ljubéznyj) — approachable, warm
• Russian: прия́тельский (prijátelʹskij) — approachable, warm
• Russian: доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj) — approachable, warm
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: љу̏базан — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̏о — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: пријатѐљскӣ — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: ljȕbazan — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: mȉo — approachable, warm
• Serbo-Croatian: prijatèljskī — approachable, warm
• Slovak: prívetivý — approachable, warm
• Slovak: láskavý — approachable, warm
• Slovak: priateľský — approachable, warm
• Slovene: prijazen — approachable, warm
• Slovene: prijáteljski — approachable, warm
• Spanish: amistoso — approachable, warm
• Spanish: amigable — approachable, warm
• Spanish: amical — approachable, warm
• Spanish: amigo — approachable, warm
• Swedish: vänlig — approachable, warm
• Thai: กันเอง — approachable, warm
• Thai: เป็นกันเอง (bpen-gan-eeng) — approachable, warm
• Tocharian B: yṣuwar — approachable, warm
• Turkish: cana yakın — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: люб'я́зний (ljubʺjáznyj) — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: ласка́вий (laskávyj) — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: дружелю́бний (druželjúbnyj) — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: при́язний (prýjaznyj) — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: дру́жній (drúžnij) — approachable, warm
• Ukrainian: при́ятельський (prýjatelʹsʹkyj) — approachable, warm
• Vietnamese: thân thiện — approachable, warm
• Volapük: flenöfik — approachable, warm
• Walloon: amiståve — approachable, warm
• Walloon: binamé — approachable, warm
• Welsh: cyfeillgar — approachable, warm
• Yiddish: חבֿריש (khaverish) — approachable, warm
• Yiddish: פֿרײַנדלעך (frayndlekh) — approachable, warm
• Zazaki: dostane — approachable, warm
• Zazaki: ganşirın — approachable, warm
• Armenian: բարեհամբույր (barehambuyr) — characteristic of friendliness
• Armenian: սիրալիր (siralir) — characteristic of friendliness
• Belarusian: сябро́ўскі (sjabrówski) — characteristic of friendliness
• Belarusian: прыя́цельскі (pryjácjelʹski) — characteristic of friendliness
• Bulgarian: прия́телски (prijátelski) — characteristic of friendliness
• Catalan: amistós — characteristic of friendliness
• Czech: přátelský — characteristic of friendliness
• Danish: venlig — characteristic of friendliness
• Dutch: vriendelijk — characteristic of friendliness
• Dutch: sympathiek — characteristic of friendliness
• Dutch: aangenaam — characteristic of friendliness
• Dutch: vriendschappelijk — characteristic of friendliness
• Esperanto: amika — characteristic of friendliness
• Estonian: sõbralik — characteristic of friendliness
• Finnish: ystävällinen — characteristic of friendliness
• French: amical — characteristic of friendliness
• French: amicale — characteristic of friendliness
• French: aimable — characteristic of friendliness
• French: gentil — characteristic of friendliness
• French: gentille — characteristic of friendliness
• German: freundlich — characteristic of friendliness
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — characteristic of friendliness
• Ancient Greek: φίλιος (phílios) — characteristic of friendliness
• Italian: gentile — characteristic of friendliness
• Japanese: 愛しい (itoshii) — characteristic of friendliness
• Japanese: 友好的な (yūkōteki na) — characteristic of friendliness
• Latin: amīcus — characteristic of friendliness
• Low German: fründlich — characteristic of friendliness
• Macedonian: пријателски (prijatelski) — characteristic of friendliness
• Norwegian Bokmål: vennlig — characteristic of friendliness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: venleg — characteristic of friendliness
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vennleg — characteristic of friendliness
• Polish: przyjacielski — characteristic of friendliness
• Polish: przyjazny — characteristic of friendliness
• Portuguese: amigável — characteristic of friendliness
• Portuguese: amigo — characteristic of friendliness
• Romanian: amical — characteristic of friendliness
• Romanian: prietenos — characteristic of friendliness
• Russian: дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj) — characteristic of friendliness
• Russian: дру́жеский (drúžeskij) — characteristic of friendliness
• Russian: това́рищеский (továriščeskij) — characteristic of friendliness
• Russian: прия́тельский (prijátelʹskij) — characteristic of friendliness
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil — characteristic of friendliness
• Serbo-Croatian: пријатѐљскӣ — characteristic of friendliness
• Serbo-Croatian: prijatèljskī — characteristic of friendliness
• Slovak: priateľský — characteristic of friendliness
• Slovene: prijáteljski — characteristic of friendliness
• Swedish: vänlig — characteristic of friendliness
• Tagalog: palakaibigan — characteristic of friendliness
• Turkish: cana yakın — characteristic of friendliness
• Ukrainian: дру́жній (drúžnij) — characteristic of friendliness
• Ukrainian: при́ятельський (prýjatelʹsʹkyj) — characteristic of friendliness
• Volapük: flenöfik — characteristic of friendliness
• Yiddish: פֿרײַנדלעך (frayndlekh) — characteristic of friendliness
• Finnish: ystävällinen — having an easy relationship
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — having an easy relationship
• Ancient Greek: φίλιος (phílios) — having an easy relationship
• Irish: mór le — having an easy relationship
• Zazaki: pê embazey — having an easy relationship
• Bulgarian: прия́телски (prijátelski) — without hostility
• Catalan: amistós — without hostility
• Danish: venligsindet — without hostility
• Danish: venskabelig — without hostility
• Dutch: vriendschappelijk — without hostility
• Finnish: ystävällismielinen — without hostility
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — without hostility
• Japanese: 親善の (shinzen no) — without hostility
• Macedonian: пријателски (prijatelski) — without hostility
• Portuguese: amistoso — without hostility
• Russian: дру́жественный (drúžestvennyj) — without hostility
• Russian: това́рищеский (továriščeskij) — without hostility
• Russian: прия́тельский (prijátelʹskij) — without hostility
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil — without hostility
• Zazaki: embazin — without hostility
• Zazaki: dostin — without hostility
• Bulgarian: прия́телски (prijátelski) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Dutch: bevriend — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Finnish: oma — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• French: allié — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• French: alliée — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Hungarian: baráti — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Japanese: 味方の (mikata no) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Japanese: 友の (tomo no) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Japanese: 友好的な (yūkōteki na) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Macedonian: пријателски (prijatelski) — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Polish: przyjazny — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Portuguese: amigo — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeil — pertaining to friendlies in the conflict sense
• Armenian: ընկերաբար (ənkerabar) — in a friendly manner
• Catalan: amistosament — in a friendly manner
• Czech: přátelsky — in a friendly manner
• Danish: venligt — in a friendly manner
• Dutch: vriendelijk — in a friendly manner
• Dutch: vriendschappelijk — in a friendly manner
• Esperanto: amike — in a friendly manner
• Estonian: sõbralikult — in a friendly manner
• Finnish: ystävällisesti — in a friendly manner
• French: amicalement — in a friendly manner
• French: aimablement — in a friendly manner
• French: gentiment — in a friendly manner
• German: freundlich — in a friendly manner
• Greek: φιλικά (filiká) — in a friendly manner
• Hungarian: barátságosan — in a friendly manner
• Italian: amicamente — in a friendly manner
• Italian: amichevolmente — in a friendly manner
• Japanese: 友好的に (yūkōteki ni) — in a friendly manner
• Japanese: 気さくに (kisaku ni) — in a friendly manner
• Lithuanian: draugiškai — in a friendly manner
• Polish: przyjaźnie — in a friendly manner
• Portuguese: amigavelmente — in a friendly manner
• Romanian: prietenește — in a friendly manner
• Romanian: amical — in a friendly manner
• Russian: дружелю́бно (druželjúbno) — in a friendly manner
• Russian: приве́тливо (privétlivo) — in a friendly manner
• Russian: любе́зно (ljubézno) — in a friendly manner
• Russian: дру́жественно (drúžestvenno) — in a friendly manner
• Swedish: vänligt — in a friendly manner
• Turkish: arkadaşça — in a friendly manner
• Turkish: dostane — in a friendly manner
• Turkish: dostça — in a friendly manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 友軍 /友军 (yǒujūn) — someone of the same side
• Dutch: (partij/soldaat etc.) bevriende — someone of the same side
• Dutch: bondgenoot — someone of the same side
• Finnish: oma — someone of the same side
• French: ami — someone of the same side
• Japanese: 味方 (mikata) — someone of the same side
• Portuguese: amigo — someone of the same side