Phrase guide

friendly fire

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛn(d).li ˈfaɪ.ə/
  • General-American: /ˌfɹɛn(d).li ˈfaɪ.ɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Weapons fire coming from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

fire that injures or kills an ally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fratricide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fire, firing

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِيرَان صَدِيقَة (nīrān ṣadīqa) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Azerbaijani: dost atəşi — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Basque: su adiskidetsua — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Belarusian: сябро́ўскі аго́нь (sjabrówski ahónʹ) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Central Bikol: kakamping pag'atake — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Bulgarian: прия́телски о́гън (prijátelski ógǎn) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Catalan: foc amic — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Catalan: foc aliat — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤擊 /误击 (wùjī) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 友軍炮火 /友军炮火 (yǒujūn pàohuǒ) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Czech: přátelská palba — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Czech: přátelský oheň — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Danish: egenbeskydning — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Dutch: eigen vuur — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Esperanto: amika pafo — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Finnish: oma tuli — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • French: feu ami — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • French: tir ami — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • French: tir fratricide — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Georgian: მეგობრული ცეცხლი (megobruli cecxli) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Georgian: მეგობრული ცეცხლის გახსნა (megobruli cecxlis gaxsna) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: Eigenbeschuss — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: Friendly Fire — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: Beschuss durch die eigene Seite — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: irrtümlicher Beschuss der eigenen Streitkräfte — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: Nutzfeuer — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • German: eigenes Feuer — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Greek: φίλια πυρά (fília pyrá) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Hebrew: אש כוחותינו \ אֵשׁ כֹּחוֹתיניָ (esh kokhótya) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Hungarian: baráti tűz — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Ido: tembakan bersahabat — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Indonesian: salah serang — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Italian: fuoco amico — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Japanese: フレンドリー・ファイア (furendorī-faia) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Japanese: 同士討ち (dōshi uchi) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Japanese: 友軍相撃 (yūgun sōgeki) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Korean: 아군 사격 (agun sagyeok) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Iranian Persian: آتَشِ خودی (âtaš-e xodi) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Polish: przyjacielski ogień — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Portuguese: fogo amigo — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Romanian: foc prietenesc — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Russian: ого́нь по свои́м (ogónʹ po svoím) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Russian: дру́жественный ого́нь (drúžestvennyj ogónʹ) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Slovak: priateľský oheň — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Spanish: fuego amigo — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Swedish: vådabeskjutning — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Swedish: vådabekämpning — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Turkish: dost ateşi — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Ukrainian: дру́жній вого́нь (drúžnij vohónʹ) — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Vietnamese: quân ta đánh thắng quân mình — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Vietnamese: quân ta bắn quân mình — fire from allied or friendly forces
  • Welsh: saethu cyfeillgar — fire from allied or friendly forces