friendship

See also: Friendship

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĕn(d)'shĭp, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/

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Noun

friendship (countable and uncountable, plural friendships)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
   • 1570, William Lambard, quoting Horace, A Perambulation of Kent‎^[1], published 1596, page 341:

     But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:

   • 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] ‎^[2], volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, page 181:

     We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

   • 1960, C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

2. (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
3. (uncountable) Good will.

Synonyms

• (being friends): chumship
• (friendly relationship): entente cordiale

Antonyms

• enemyship
• foeship

Derived terms

• affectionate friendship
• Amish friendship bread
• friendship bench
• friendship book
• friendship bracelet
• friendship centre
• friendshipful
• friendshipless
• friendshiplike
• friendshiply
• friendshipped
• friendshipping
• friendshippish/friendshipish
• friendship plant
• friendshippy/friendshipy
• friendship store
• guest-friendship
• guestfriendship
• romantic friendship (passionate friendship)

 

Translations

(uncountable) condition of being friends

• Afrikaans: vriendskap
• Albanian: shoqëri (sq) f, miqësi (sq) f
• Amharic: ጓደኝነት (gʷadäñnät)
• Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ar) f (ṣadāqa)
• Armenian: ընկերություն (hy) (ənkerutʻyun), բարեկամություն (hy) (barekamutʻyun)
• Asturian: amistá f
• Azerbaijani: arxadaşlıq, dostluq (az)
• Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ (duślıq)
• Belarusian: сябро́ўства n (sjabróŭstva), дру́жба f (drúžba), прыя́цельства n (pryjácjelʹstva)
• Bengali: বন্ধুত্ব (bn) (bondhutto)
• Bulgarian: прия́телство (bg) n (prijátelstvo), дру́жба (bg) f (drúžba)
• Burmese: ခင်မင်မှု (hkangmanghmu.)
• Catalan: amistat (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴷⴷⵓⴽⴽⵍⴰ f (tiddukkla)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎢ (alii)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 友誼／友谊 (jau⁵ ji⁴ / jau⁵ ji⁶), 友情 (jau⁵ cing⁴), 友愛／友爱 (jau⁵ oi³)

  Dungan: щёнхо (xi͡onho)

  Mandarin: 友誼／友谊 (zh) (yǒuyì), 友情 (zh) (yǒuqíng), 友愛／友爱 (zh) (yǒu'ài) (friendly affection)

• Cimbrian: bròintekhot f
• Crimean Tatar: dostluq
• Czech: přátelství (cs) n
• Danish: venskab (da) n
• Dutch: vriendschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: amikeco (eo)
• Estonian: sõprus (et)
• Faroese: vinskapur m, vinsemi n or f, vinsemd f, vinalag n
• Finnish: ystävyys (fi)
• French: amitié (fr) f

  Middle French: amistié f

  Old French: amistié f

• Galician: amizade (gl) f
• Georgian: მეგობრობა (megobroba)
• German: Freundschaft (de) f

  Old High German: winescaft

• Greek: φιλία (el) f (filía)

  Ancient: φιλία f (philía)

• Hebrew: יְדִידוּת (he) f (y'didút)
• Hindi: दोस्ती (hi) f (dostī), मित्रता (hi) f (mitratā)
• Hungarian: barátság (hu)
• Icelandic: vinátta (is) f
• Indonesian: persahabatan (id)
• Ingush: доттагӏал (dottağal)
• Irish: cumann m
• Italian: amicizia (it) f
• Ivatan: kayvayvanan
• Japanese: 友情 (ja) (ゆうじょう, yūjō), 友好 (ja) (ゆうこう, yūkō), 友誼 (ja) (ゆうぎ, yūgi)
• Kannada: ಗೆಳೆತನ (kn) (geḷetana)
• Kapampangan: pamikaluguran
• Kazakh: достық (dostyq), татулық (tatulyq)
• Khmer: មិត្តភាព (mɨttaʼphiəp)
• Korean: 우정(友情) (ko) (ujeong), 우의(友誼) (ko) (uui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دۆستایەتی (dostayetî)

  Northern Kurdish: dostî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: достук (ky) (dostuk)
• Lao: ມິດຕະພາບ (lo) (mit ta phāp)
• Latin: amīcitia (la) f
• Latvian: draudzība (lv) f
• Lithuanian: draugystė f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Fründschap f, Fründschop f

• Luxembourgish: Frëndschaft (lb) f
• Macedonian: дружба (mk) f (družba), пријателство n (prijatelstvo)
• Malay: persahabatan (ms)
• Malayalam: സൗഹൃദം (ml) (sauhr̥daṁ), ചങ്ങാത്തം (ml) (caṅṅāttaṁ)
• Maltese: ħbiberija f
• Maori: whakahoahoatanga
• Middle English: frendschip, felaweshipe
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: найрамдал (mn) (najramdal), нөхөрлөл (mn) (nöxörlöl), үерхэл (mn) (üjerxel)

• Nepali: मित्रता (mitratā), मितेरि (miteri), दोस्ती (dostī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vennskap (no) n

  Nynorsk: venskap m or n, vennskap m or n

• Occitan: amistat (oc) f
• Old English: frēondsċipe m
• Old French: amistié f
• Old Norse: vinskapr m
• Old Occitan: amistat f
• Pashto: دوستي (ps) f (dostí), رفيقي m (rafiqí)
• Persian:

  Dari: دوسْتِی (fa) (dōstī)

  Iranian Persian: دوسْتی (fa) (dusti), آشْنائی (fa) (âšnâ'i)

• Polish: przyjaźń (pl) f, drużba (pl) f (obsolete)
• Portuguese: amizade (pt) f
• Romanian: prietenie (ro) f, amiciție (ro) f
• Russian: дру́жба (ru) f (drúžba), прия́тельство (ru) n (prijátelʹstvo) (a more casual friendship)
• Sanskrit: मित्रता (sa) f (mitratā)
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пријатѐљство n

  Roman: prijatèljstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: priateľstvo n, ~družba f
• Slovene: prijateljstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: amistad (es) f
• Swahili: urafiki (sw)
• Swedish: vänskap (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkakaibigan
• Tajik: дӯстӣ (tg) (düsti), ҷӯрагӣ (jüragi)
• Tamil: நட்பு (ta) (naṭpu)
• Tarifit: taddukra f
• Tatar: дуслык (tt) (duslıq)
• Telugu: చెలిమి (te) (celimi), స్నేహము (te) (snēhamu)
• Thai: มิตรภาพ (th) (mít-dtrà-pâap)
• Tibetan: མཛའ་བཅུགས (mdza' bcugs)
• Tocharian B: maitär
• Turkish: arkadaşlık (tr)
• Turkmen: dostluk
• Ukrainian: дру́жба (uk) f (drúžba), при́ятельство n (prýjatelʹstvo), приятелюва́ння n (pryjateljuvánnja)
• Urdu: دوسْتی f (dostī), آشْنائی (ur) f (āśnāī)
• Uyghur: دوستلۇق (dostluq), ئاغىنىدارچىلىق (aghinidarchiliq)
• Uzbek: oʻrtoqchilik (uz)
• Venetian: amicizsia f
• Vietnamese: tình bạn (vi)
• Volapük: flenam (vo)
• Welsh: cyfeillgarwch (cy)
• Yiddish: פֿרײַנדשאַפֿט f (frayndshaft), חבֿרהשאַפֿט f (khevreshaft)

(countable) friendly relationship

• Arabic: صَدَاقَة (ar) (ṣadāqa)
• Bashkir: дуҫлыҡ (duślıq)
• Bulgarian: прия́телство (bg) n (prijátelstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: přátelství (cs) n
• Danish: venskab (da) n
• Esperanto: amikeco (eo)
• Finnish: ystävyys (fi)
• French: amitié (fr)

  Middle French: amistié f

  Old French: amistié f

• German: Freundschaft (de) f
• Greek: φιλία (el) f (filía)
• Hungarian: barátság (hu)
• Icelandic: vinátta (is) f
• Japanese: 交際 (ja) (こうさい, kōsai)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Fründschap f, Fründschop f

• Malayalam: സൗഹൃദം (ml) (sauhr̥daṁ)
• Middle English: frendschip
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vennskap (no) n

  Nynorsk: venskap m or n, vennskap m or n

• Old English: frēondsċipe m
• Old French: amistié f
• Polish: przyjaźń (pl) f, drużba (pl) f (obsolete)
• Portuguese: amizade (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m
• Turkish: arkadaşlık (tr)

(uncountable) good will — see good will

See also

• friending
• mateship