friend

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
2. An associate who provides assistance.
3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
4. A person who backs or supports something.
5. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
6. (colloquial) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
8. A spring-loaded camming device.
9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
10. (obsolete) A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
11. Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew

Verb

1. (obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
2. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

Concepts

ami

amie

camarade

copain

compagnon

copine

partisan

allié

petite amie

connaissance

amant

femme

collègue

petit ami

relation

mon ami

bon ami

amitié

avocat

fille

partenaire

друг

подруга

ami-e

commère

compère

allier

admirateur

champion

protagoniste

se lier d'amitié

accointance

amateur

enthousiaste

pendentif

adepte

disciple

demoiselle

jeune fille

sirène

fiancé

petite copine

amie intime

petit amie

mari

mari ou femme

mariée

épouse

époux

amour

bien-aimé

chéri

cœur

mémère

sweetie

défenseur

procureur

proposeur

tenant

allions

alliée

coallié

associé

faire-valoir

pote

collaboratrice

collegue

compagne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɹɛnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English frend, freend, from Old English frēond (“friend”, literally “loving[-one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”), equivalent to free + -nd.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, froen, freondinne (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), Low German Frund, Fründ (“friend, relative”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”). More at free.
Other cognates include Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend”) and Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá-, “beloved”).

Phrases

But the boy never took his eye off his new friend .

Mais le garçon n'a jamais détourné son œil de son nouvel ami.

" He lives at the Al-Fayoum oasis ," his friend had said .

"Il vit à l'oasis d'al-Fayoum", avait déclaré son ami.