Standard Lemma guide

friendship

name · noun · 26 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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  • frĕn(d)'shĭp
  • /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F R EH1 N D SH IH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F R EH1 N SH IH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Knox County, Maine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

name

Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Emmet County, Michigan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Allegany County, New York.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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12

name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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13

name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

name

Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Jackson County, Oklahoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

name

Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

A neighbourhood in east Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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16

name

Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Marion County, South Carolina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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17

name

Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Crockett County, Tennessee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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18

name

Meaning 18

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Trinity County, Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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19

name

Meaning 19

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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20

name

Meaning 20

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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21

name

Meaning 21

A number of places in the United States:

A village, the county seat of Adams County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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22

name

Meaning 22

A town in Coronie District, Suriname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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23

noun

Meaning 23

The condition of being friends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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24

noun

Meaning 24

A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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25

noun

Meaning 25

Good will.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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26

noun

Meaning 26

the state of being friends (or friendly)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: friendly relationship

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: relationship

Narrower terms: blood brotherhood, company, companionship, fellowship, society, confidence, trust

History

Etymology

From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҩызара (ajwəzara) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Afrikaans: vriendskap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Albanian: shoqëri — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Albanian: miqësi — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Amharic: ጓደኝነት (gwadäñnät) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ṣadāqa) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Armenian: ընկերություն (ənkerutʻyun) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Armenian: բարեկամություն (barekamutʻyun) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Asturian: amistá — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Azerbaijani: arxadaşlıq — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Azerbaijani: dostluq — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ (duślıq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Belarusian: сябро́ўства (sjabrówstva) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Belarusian: дру́жба (drúžba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Belarusian: прыя́цельства (pryjácjelʹstva) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Bengali: বন্ধুত্ব (bondhutto) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Bulgarian: прия́телство (prijátelstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Bulgarian: дру́жба (drúžba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Burmese: ခင်မင်မှု (hkangmanghmu.) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Catalan: amistat — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴷⴷⵓⴽⴽⵍⴰ (tiddukkla) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎢ (alii) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Cantonese: 友誼 /友谊 (jau5 ji4 / jau5 ji6) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Cantonese: 友情 (jau5 cing4) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Cantonese: 友愛 /友爱 (jau5 oi3) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese: щёнхо (xionho) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 友誼 /友谊 (yǒuyì) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 友情 (yǒuqíng) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 友愛 /友爱 (yǒu'ài) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Cimbrian: bròintekhot — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Crimean Tatar: dostluq — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Czech: přátelství — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Czech: družba — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Danish: venskab — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Dutch: vriendschap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Esperanto: amikeco — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Estonian: sõprus — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Faroese: vinskapur — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Faroese: vinsemi — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Faroese: vinsemd — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Faroese: vinalag — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Finnish: ystävyys — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • French: amitié — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Middle French: amistié — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Old French: amistié — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Galician: amizade — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Georgian: მეგობრობა (megobroba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • German: Freundschaft — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Old High German: winescaft — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Greek: φιλία (filía) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ancient Greek: φιλία (philía) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Hebrew: יְדִידוּת (y'didút) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Hindi: मित्रता (mitratā) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Hindi: मैत्री (maitrī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Hindi: दोस्ती (dostī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Hungarian: barátság — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Icelandic: vinátta — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Indonesian: persahabatan — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ingush: доттагӏал (dottağal) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Irish: cumann — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Italian: amicizia — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ivatan: kayvayvanan — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Japanese: 友情 (yūjō) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Japanese: 友好 (yūkō) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Japanese: 友誼 (yūgi) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Kannada: ಗೆಳೆತನ (geḷetana) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Kapampangan: pamikaluguran — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Kazakh: достық (dostyq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Kazakh: татулық (tatulyq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Khmer: មិត្តភាព (mɨttaʼphiəp) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Komi-Zyrian: ёртлун (jortlun) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Korean: 우정 (ujeong) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Korean: 우의 (uui) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Central Kurdish: دۆستایەتی (dostayetî) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Northern Kurdish: dostî — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Kyrgyz: достук (dostuk) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Lao: ມິດຕະພາບ (mit ta phāp) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Latin: amīcitia — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Latvian: draudzība — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Lithuanian: draugystė — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Low German: Fründschap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Low German: Fründschop — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Luxembourgish: Frëndschaft — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Macedonian: дружба (družba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Macedonian: пријателство (prijatelstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Malay: persahabatan — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Malayalam: സൗഹൃദം (sauhr̥daṁ) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Malayalam: ചങ്ങാത്തം (caṅṅāttaṁ) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Maltese: ħbiberija — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Māori: whakahoahoatanga — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Marathi: मैत्री (maitrī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Middle English: frendschip — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Middle English: felaweshipe — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Mongolian: найрамдал (najramdal) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Mongolian: нөхөрлөл (nöxörlöl) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Mongolian: үерхэл (üjerxel) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Nepali: मित्रता (mitratā) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Nepali: मितेरि (miteri) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Nepali: दोस्ती (dostī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vennskap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venskap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vennskap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Occitan: amistat — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Old Occitan: amistat — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Old English: frēondsċipe — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Old Norse: vinskapr — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Pannonian Rusyn: товаришство (tovarišstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Pannonian Rusyn: приятельство (prijatelʹstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Pashto: دوستي (dostí) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Pashto: رفيقي (rafiqí) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Dari: دوسْتِی (dōstī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Iranian Persian: دوسْتی (dusti) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Iranian Persian: آشْنائی (âšnâ'i) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Iranian Persian: رِفاقَت (refâġat) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Polish: przyjaźń — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Polish: drużba — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Portuguese: amizade — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Romanian: prietenie — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Romanian: amiciție — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Russian: дру́жба (drúžba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Russian: прия́тельство (prijátelʹstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Sanskrit: मित्रता (mitratā) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Serbo-Croatian: пријатѐљство — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Serbo-Croatian: prijatèljstvo — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Slovak: priateľstvo — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Slovak: družba — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Slovene: prijateljstvo — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Spanish: amistad — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Spanish: amistanza (disused) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Spanish: amiganza — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Swahili: urafiki — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Swedish: vänskap — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tagalog: pagkakaibigan — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tajik: дӯстӣ (düsti) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tajik: ҷӯрагӣ (jüragi) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tajik: ошноӣ (ošnoyi) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tajik: рафоқат (rafoqat) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tamil: நட்பு (naṭpu) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tarifit: taddukřa — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tatar: дуслык (duslıq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Telugu: చెలిమి (celimi) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Telugu: స్నేహము (snēhamu) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Thai: มิตรภาพ (mít-dtrà-pâap) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tibetan: མཛའ་བཅུགས (mdza' bcugs) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Tocharian B: maitär — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Turkish: arkadaşlık — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Turkish: dostluk — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muhabbet) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوستلق (dostluk) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Turkmen: dostluk — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ukrainian: дру́жба (drúžba) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ukrainian: при́ятельство (prýjatelʹstvo) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Ukrainian: приятелюва́ння (pryjateljuvánnja) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Urdu: دوسْتی (dostī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Urdu: آشْنائی (āśnāī) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Uyghur: دوستلۇق (dostluq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Uyghur: ئاغىنىدارچىلىق (aghinidarchiliq) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Uzbek: oʻrtoqchilik — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Uzbek: oʻrtoqlik — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Uzbek: doʻstlik — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Venetan: amicizsia — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Vietnamese: tình bạn — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Volapük: flenam — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Welsh: cyfeillgarwch — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Yiddish: פֿרײַנדשאַפֿט (frayndshaft) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Yiddish: חבֿרהשאַפֿט (khevreshaft) — (uncountable) condition of being friends
  • Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ṣadāqa) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ (duślıq) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Bulgarian: прия́телство (prijátelstvo) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 友誼關係 /友谊关系 (yǒuyì guānxì) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Czech: přátelství — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Danish: venskab — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Esperanto: amikeco — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Finnish: ystävyys — (countable) friendly relationship
  • French: amitié — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Middle French: amistié — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Old French: amistié — (countable) friendly relationship
  • German: Freundschaft — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Greek: φιλία (filía) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Hindi: मित्रता (mitratā) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Hindi: मैत्री (maitrī) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Hungarian: barátság — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Icelandic: vinátta — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Japanese: 交際 (kōsai) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Low German: Fründschap — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Low German: Fründschop — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Malayalam: സൗഹൃദം (sauhr̥daṁ) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Marathi: मैत्री (maitrī) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Middle English: frendschip — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vennskap — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venskap — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vennskap — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Old English: frēondsċipe — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Polish: przyjaźń — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Polish: drużba — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Portuguese: amizade — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Spanish: amistad — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Spanish: amistanza (disused) — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Spanish: amiganza — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Turkish: arkadaşlık — (countable) friendly relationship
  • Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muhabbet) — (countable) friendly relationship
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