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girlfriend
English
Alternative forms
- girl friend, girl-friend
Etymology
girl +? friend
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???lf??nd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????lf??nd/
- Hyphenation: girl?friend
Noun
girlfriend (plural girlfriends)
- A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- Coordinate terms: boyfriend, fiancée, lover, partner, significant other, sweetheart, wife, lady friend
- A female friend.
- Synonym: (slang) chickfriend
- Coordinate terms: buddy, friend, pal, BFF
Usage notes
- The term is used to refer to any girl or woman in a romantic relationship with another person.
- An adult woman in such a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. Because girlfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.
- The use of girlfriend for a female non-romantic friend of another female is limited in geographic distribution and sometimes preferred by older generations of speakers.
- Sometimes used as a term of address among men, particularly gay men.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ??????????? (garlfre??)
- ? Japanese: ??????? (g?rufurendo)
- ? Korean: ???? (geolpeurendeu)
- ? Russian: ????????? (gjorlfr??nd)
- ? Urdu: ??? ?????? (garl fren?)
Translations
Anagrams
- friend girl, friendgirl
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paramour
English
Alternative forms
- paramours
Etymology
From Middle English paramour, paramoure, peramour, paramur, from Old French par amor (“for love's sake”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pæ.??.m??/, /?pæ.??.m??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pæ??m??/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Noun
paramour (plural paramours)
- (somewhat archaic) An illicit lover, either male or female.
- Synonyms: leman, mistress; see also Thesaurus:mistress
- (obsolete) The Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ (when addressed by a person of the opposite sex).
Translations
Adverb
paramour (not comparable)
- (obsolete, of loving, etc.) Passionately, out of sexual desire. [from 14thc.]
- Synonyms: devotedly, passionately
- For paramour I loved her fyrst ere thou.
Further reading
- paramour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “paramour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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