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girlfriend

  • /ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/ UK
  • /ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/ US

noun girlfriends · girl friend · girl-friend · girlfran

  1. A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
  2. dated A female friend of a woman or girl. Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.

    Similar: chickfriend

  3. A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner. [Tim:] james huh? my lover carlos's best girlfriend is named james. [James:] yes, i know. i AM your lover carlos's best girlfriend james.
  4. A term of address for a female friend or among gay men. [Hanque:] girlfriend - how'r we doing? [Doug:] hi hanque, i'd like a capuccino and some lobster bisque.. [Caption:] (friendliness with the waitstaff is a good sign)

verb girlfriends · girlfriending · girlfriended · girl friend · girl-friend

  1. ambitransitive, informal, rare To be a girlfriend to (someone). I was girlfriended during the past two years by a woman who worked an average job, and while we never lived together the assumption among our friends was we'd get married one day.
  2. ambitransitive, informal, rare To have (someone) as a girlfriend. Back when I was single, I dated and girlfriended around quite a bit and found many responses to my VW buses.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lady friend, girl, boyfriend, mistress, woman, wife, punk, fiancee, lady, fiancée, bride, fiance, fiancé, lover, bride-to-be, sweetie

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noun a female partner in a romantic relationship

Españolnovia, polola, jerma, flaca, jeva, geba
한국어여자친구 yeojachin'gu, 여친 yeochin, 걸프렌드 geolpeurendeu, 애인 aein
日本語彼女 kanojo, 意中の女 ichū no onna, ガールフレンド gārufurendo, 付き合ってる人 tsukiatteru hito
中文女朋友 nǚpéngyǒu, 對象 /对象 duìxiàng
हिन्दीप्रेमिका premikā, गर्लफ़्रेंड garlfreṇḍ
Kiswahilimpenzi, chuma
Portuguêsnamorada
Françaispetite amie, copine, petite copine, blonde, nana, meuf
DeutschGirlfriend
Italianoragazza, fidanzata, donna
Ελληνικάκορίτσι korítsi, κοπέλα kopéla, φιλενάδα filenáda
Românăprietenă
Русскийподру́жка podrúžka, возлю́бленная vozljúblennaja, де́вушка dévuška, гёрлфре́нд gjorlfrɛ́nd, гёрлфренд gjórlfrɛnd, подру́га podrúga
Tiếng Việtbạn gái, người yêu
العربيةصَدِيقَة ṣadīqa, صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba, حَبِيبَة ḥabība
עבריתחֲבֵרָה khaverá, חברה לחיים khavera laekhayim, בת־זוג לחיים bat-zug lekhayim

noun a female friend

Españolamiga
한국어여사친 yeosachin
日本語女友達 onna tomodachi
中文女性朋友 nǚxìng péngyǒu, 朋友 péngyou
हिन्दीसहेली sahelī, सखी sakhī, अली alī, महिला-मित्र mahilā-mitra
Kiswahilishoga
Portuguêsamiga
DeutschFreundin
Italianoamica, amica del cuore
Românăamică
Русскийподру́га podrúga, прия́тельница prijátelʹnica
العربيةصَدِيقَة ṣadīqa
עבריתחֲבֵרָה khaverá, ידידה yedida

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@misc{girlfriend_2026,
  title = {girlfriend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/girlfriend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}