pen pal

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَدِيق بِالْمُرَاسَلَة (ṣadīq bi-l-murāsala) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Armenian: գրչակից ընկեր (grčʻakicʻ ənker) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Chinese Mandarin: 筆友 /笔友 (bǐyǒu) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Chinese Mandarin: 通信朋友 (tōngxìn péngyou) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Czech: přítel na dopisování — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Danish: penneven — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Finnish: kirjekaveri — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Finnish: kirjeenvaihtotoveri — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Finnish: kirjeystävä — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• French: correspondant — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• French: correspondante — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• German: Brieffreund — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• German: Brieffreundin — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Hebrew: חבר לעט — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Icelandic: pennavinur — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Indonesian: teman pena — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Italian: amico di penna — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Italian: amica di penna — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Japanese: ペンフレンド (penfurendo) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Japanese: ペンパル (penparu) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Japanese: 文通仲間 (buntsū nakama) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Korean: 펜팔 (penpal) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Korean: 펜 프렌드 (pen peurendeu) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Norwegian Bokmål: brevvenn — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Persian: دوستی نامه ای — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Persian: دوست مکاتبهای (dost-e mokâtebe-aye) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Polish: przyjaciel korespondencyjny — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Polish: przyjaciółka korespondencyjna — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Portuguese: amigo por correspondência — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Portuguese: correspondente — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Russian: друг по перепи́ске (drug po perepíske) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Russian: подру́га по перепи́ске (podrúga po perepíske) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Spanish: amigo por correspondencia — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Swedish: brevvän — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Thai: เพื่อนทางจดหมาย (pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai) — friend with whom one communicates using letters
• Vietnamese: bạn qua thư — friend with whom one communicates using letters