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friend
English
Etymology
From Middle English frend, freend, from Old English fr?ond (“friend, relative, lover”, literally “loving[-one]”), from Proto-Germanic *frij?ndz (“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”), equivalent to free +? -nd. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, froen, freondinne (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), Low German Frund, Fründ (“friend, relative”), German Freund (“friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (frij?nds, “friend”). More at free.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?nd, IPA(key): /f??nd/, [f??end?]
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /fr?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
friend (plural friends)
- A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- An associate who provides assistance.
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
- A person who backs or supports something.
- (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
- (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
- 1995, Rock Climbing Basics
- Since they were introduced in the 1970s, friends have revolutionized climbing, making protection possible in previously impossible places […]
- 1995, Rock Climbing Basics
- (euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- 1813, Samuel Foote, The Commissary, Etc., page 17:
- Time has been, when a gentleman wanted a friend, I could supply him with choice in an hour; but the market is spoiled, and a body might as soon produce a hare or a partridge […]
- 1975, Janis Ian, "In the Winter":
- I met your friend. She's very nice, what can I say?
- 1813, Samuel Foote, The Commissary, Etc., page 17:
- (Scotland, obsolete) A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
- Friends agree best at a distance.
- Make friends of framet folk.
- 1895, Crockett, Bog-Myrtle, 232:
- He was not a drop's blood to me, though him and my wife were far-out friends.
Synonyms
- (person whose company one enjoys): See Thesaurus:friend
- (boyfriend or girlfriend): See Thesaurus:lover
- (person with whom you are acquainted): acquaintance, contact
- (person who provides assistance): ally
- (person who backs something): admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter
- (form of address used in warning someone): buster, mate (British), pal, buddy, sonny
Antonyms
- (person whose company one enjoys): See Thesaurus:enemy
- (person with whom you are acquainted): stranger
- (person who provides assistance): enemy, foe
Usage notes
- We usually make a friend, or make friends with someone. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
- In older texts and certain dialects, the phrase to friend means "as a friend or an ally", for example? "with God to frend (Spenser)". The antonym to the phrase to friend is to fiend.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Cantonese: friend (fen1)
- ? Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: fr?nd
- Cyrillic: ??????
Translations
See friend/translations § Noun.
Verb
friend (third-person singular simple present friends, present participle friending, simple past and past participle friended)
- (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
- Lo sluggish Knight the victors happie pray: / So fortune friends the bold [...].
- 1896, Alfred Edward Housman, A Shropshire Lad, LXII:
- ’Tis true, the stuff I bring for sale
Is not so brisk a brew as ale:
Out of a stem that scored the hand
I wrung it in a weary land.
But take it: if the smack is sour,
The better for the embittered hour;
It should do good to heart and head
When your soul is in my soul’s stead;
And I will friend you, if I may,
In the dark and cloudy day.
- ’Tis true, the stuff I bring for sale
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
- (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.
- 2006, David Fono and Kate Raynes-Goldie, "Hyperfriendship and Beyond: Friends and Social Norms on LiveJournal" (PDF version), Internet Research Annual Volume 4, Peter Lang, ?ISBN, page 99,
- The difference between responses to the statement, "If someone friends me, I will friend them," and "If I friend someone, I expect them to friend me back," is telling.
- 2006, Kevin Farnham and Dale G. Farnham, Myspace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens And Parents, How-To Primers, ?ISBN, page 69,
- One of the most used features of MySpace is the practice that is nicknamed "friending." If you "friend" someone, then that person is added to your MySpace friends list, and you are added to their friends list.
- 2006, David Fono and Kate Raynes-Goldie, "Hyperfriendship and Beyond: Friends and Social Norms on LiveJournal" (PDF version), Internet Research Annual Volume 4, Peter Lang, ?ISBN, page 99,
Synonyms
- (to act as the friend of): befriend
Antonyms
- (social networking): defriend, unfriend
Translations
Anagrams
- Friden, finder, frined, redfin, refin'd, refind
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English friend.
Pronunciation
Noun
friend
- (Cantonese) friend (Classifier: ???)
- ????friend??? [Cantonese, trad.]
- keoi5 hai6 ngo5 go3 fen1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]
- He's my friend.
????friend??? [Cantonese, simp.]
- ??friend????????????????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2008, ??? (Jessica Li), ?????????????????? (Theft and delinquency: juvenile crime prevention theories and practice), page 180
- ngo5 go3 fen1 waa6: “M4 wui5 seoi1 ge3, bin1 jau5 gam3 jung4 ji6 aa1, sai3 gaai3 gam3 do1 jan4 sei2 jau6 m4 gin3 nei5 heoi3 sei2.” [Jyutping]
- My friend said, "It's not gonna go wrong. It's not that easy [to go wrong]. There are so many people in the world, and I don't see you dying."
??friend??“?????????????????????????” [Cantonese, simp.]- ?????friend????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2015, Playboy ? (pseudonym), ???????, issue 18, page 69
- wai2, mat1 nei5 baan1 fen1 gam2 tek3 bo1 ge2, hai6 mai6 jau5 di1 m4 deoi3 lou6? [Jyutping]
- Hey, how come your friends play soccer like this. Is there some problem?
?????friend????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]- ??friend??????????????????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2016, ???, ?????D?, page 101
- ngo5 go3 fen1 giu3 ngo5 heoi3 keoi5 uk1 kei5-2 co5 haa5, daan6 jau6 m4 waa6 ngo5 zi1 keoi5 neoi5 jau5 hai2 dou6, gaau2 dou3 ngo5 bin3 zo2 zou6 din6 dang1 daam2. [Jyutping]
- When my friend invited me to hang out at his house but he didn't tell me that his girlfriend would be there too, he made me a third wheel.
??friend??????????????????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
- ?? (péngyou)
Adjective
friend
- (Cantonese) in a close or friendly relationship
- ???friend?? [Cantonese] ? ngo5 dei6 hou2 fen1 gaa3. [Jyutping] ? We are really close.
- ???????friend? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1985, ???, ??????
- sat6 hang4 jung6 gaa3 man4-2 gan1 keoi5 fen1 haa2 [Jyutping]
- Used a bit of Japanese to try and make friends with her
???????friend? [Cantonese, simp.]- ??????????friend??????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2011, TVB-J2, K-ON?????? (K-On!!), season 2, episode 1
- “jan1 wai4 nei5 dei6 ng5 go3 hou2 ci5 hou2 fen1 hou2 hoi1 sam1 gam2 wo3.” [Jyutping]
- “It's because you five seem so close and happy.”
“?????????friend??????” [Cantonese, simp.]- ????????????????friend?? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2013, ??? (Dung Kai-cheung), ????????????????, page 124
- ngo5 giu3 ou3 gu2, wo4 taa1 sik1 liu5 han2 do1 nin4, syun3 hai6 hou2 fen1 haa5. [Jyutping]
- My name is Ou Gu. I knew her for many years, so we are pretty close.
????????????????friend?? [Cantonese, simp.]- ????????????Friend????????????Friend??????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2015, ??? (pseudonym), ????????????, page 243
- ngo5 m4 soeng2 ngo5 dei6 zi2 hai6 hai2 ni1 dyun6 si4 gaan3 fen1 faan1, ngo5 soeng2 ngo5 dei6 bin3 faan1 ji5 cin4 gam2, fen1 dou3 mat1 dou1 king1, ping4 si4 daai6 gaa1 jau5 di1 me1 dou1 wui5 wan2 daai6 gaa1 gong2. [Jyutping]
- I don't want us to just be close for this while. I want us to turn back into how we were before, when we were so close that we would chat about anything, when we would normally look for each other to talk if anything happens.
????????????Friend????????????Friend??????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]- ??????????????friend???????????????????????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2016, ???, (Q Bobo), ??????, page 32
- bat1 gwo3 ci2 zung1 daai6 gaa1 dou1 hai6 sai3 lou6, hou2 faai3 zau6 fen1 zo2, ngo5 go3 jan4 hou2 ji6 soeng1 cyu2, tung4 hoeng1 gong2 jan4, jan3 dou6 jan4 dou1 soeng1 cyu2 dou3-2, so2 ji5 kei4 sat6 duk6 me1 hok6 haau6 dou1 mou5 man6 tai4. [Jyutping]
- But since everyone is a kid, we quickly became close. I easily get along with others, no matter if it's with Hong Kongers or Indians, so it doesn't matter which school I go to.
??????????????friend???????????????????????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]
References
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
Middle English
Noun
friend
- Alternative form of frend
Spanish
Etymology
From English friend.
Noun
friend m (plural friends)
- (climbing) cam
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ate
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /e?t/
- (UK) IPA(key): /e?t/, (dialectal) /?t/
- Rhymes: -?t, -e?t
- Homophones: ait, eight, eyot
Verb
ate
- simple past tense of eat
- Synonym: (colloquial) et
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
Anagrams
- AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.
Asturian
Verb
ate
- first-person singular present subjunctive of atar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of atar
Basque
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /a.te/
Noun
ate inan
- door, entrance
- defile, gorge (deep, narrow passage)
- (sports) goal (structure)
- exterior, outside part
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ate” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “ate” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Drehu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?e/
Verb
ate
- to know, be knowledgable
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?t?/
Verb
ate
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of eten
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
ate
- Obsolete spelling of yate
Japanese
Romanization
ate
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
até
- (anatomy) liver
Laboya
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
ate
- (anatomy) liver
- (figuratively) heart
Derived terms
- ole ate (“friend”)
References
- Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) , “ate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
- Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Lindu
Noun
ate
- (anatomy) liver
Lithuanian
Interjection
ate
- (informal) goodbye
- Synonyms: iki, viso gero
Mandinka
Pronoun
ate
- he, him (personal pronoun)
- she, her (personal pronoun)
- it (personal pronoun)
See also
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
ate
- (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)
Middle English
Noun
ate
- Alternative form of ote
Mori Bawah
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ate/
Noun
ate
- liver
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, ?ISBN, page 684
Ojibwe
Verb
ate (changed conjunct form eteg, reduplicated form ayate, augmented form atemagad)
- be (in a certain place)
- Gii-kwanabise iwe biskitenaagan imaa adoopowinaakong gaa-ateg.
- The birch bark tray that was sitting on the table tipped over.
- Gii-kwanabise iwe biskitenaagan imaa adoopowinaakong gaa-ateg.
Conjugation
See also
- abi
- ayaa
- biinde
- dagon
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ate-vii
Portuguese
Verb
ate
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of atar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of atar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of atar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of atar
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.
Noun
ate
- (anatomy) liver (organ of the body)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ate/, [?a.t?e]
Etymology 1
Of Nahuatl origin.
Noun
ate m (plural ates)
- a kind of Mexican jelly candy made by cooking fruit pulp, usually from guava, quince, peach or prickly pear
- Synonym: dulce
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ate
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of atar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of atar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of atar.
Further reading
- “ate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Hokkien ?? (á-chí).
Noun
ate (masculine kuya)
- a big sister: an elder sister, especially the eldest.
- (informal) respectful term of address or honorific for a young woman or girl or any female older than oneself; miss; sis
- (informal) A female upperclasswoman; a female senior
See also
- ditse
- sanse
- sitse
Synonyms
- kuya
- manang
- manong
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- at
- attai
- ?te
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Tocharian *?té, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.
Adverb
ate
- away
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) , “ate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, ?ISBN, page 10
Wauja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?t?/
Interjection
ate
- ow, ouch (expressing pain in response to heat)
References
- E. Ireland field notes. Need to be checked by native speaker.
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