girlfriend
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
girlfriend (plural girlfriends)
- A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- Coordinate terms: boyfriend, enbyfriend, fiancée, lover, partner, significant other, sweetheart, wife, lady friend
- Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
- A female friend of a woman or girl.
- (LGBT) A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
- 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 53 ↗):
- A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.
- 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 32 ↗):
- French: amie, petite amie (dated, adolescents), copine (young adults), petite copine (dated), blonde (Quebec), nana (adolescents), meuf (adolescents), femme (young adults), chérie, compagne (adults), partenaire (adults)
- German:
Freundin, Girlfriend (colloquial) - Italian: ragazza, fidanzata, donna
- Portuguese: namorada
- Russian: подру́жка
- Spanish: novia, polola
- French: amie (close friend; best friend: ma meilleure amie), copine (acquaintance, friend; rarely used by adult men; "ma meilleure copine" is used by children for "best friend")
- German: Freundin
- Italian: amica, amica del cuore
- Portuguese: amiga
- Russian: подру́га
- Spanish: amiga
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