How to Say Friend in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say friend in different languages. This page features translation of the word "friend" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce friend and how to read it.
Saying Friend in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | mik | |
| Basque | laguna | |
| Belarusian | сябар [siabar] | |
| Bosnian | prijatelju | |
| Bulgarian | приятел [priyatel] | |
| Catalan | amic | |
| Corsican | amicu | |
| Croatian | prijatelju | |
| Czech | přítel | |
| Danish | ven | |
| Dutch | vriend | |
| Estonian | sõber | |
| Finnish | ystävä | |
| French | ami | |
| Frisian | freon | |
| Galician | amigo | |
| German | Freund | |
| Greek | φίλος [fílos] | |
| Hungarian | barátja | |
| Icelandic | Vinur | |
| Irish | cara | |
| Italian | amico | |
| Latvian | draugs | |
| Lithuanian | draugas | |
| Luxembourgish | Frënd | |
| Macedonian | пријател [prijatel] | |
| Maltese | ħabib | |
| Norwegian | venn | |
| Polish | przyjaciel | |
| Portuguese | amigo | |
| Romanian | prieten | |
| Russian | друг [drug] | |
| Scots Gaelic | caraid | |
| Serbian | пријатељу [prijatelju] | |
| Slovak | priateľ | |
| Slovenian | prijatelj | |
| Spanish | amigo | |
| Swedish | vän | |
| Tatar | дус | |
| Ukrainian | друг [druh] | |
| Welsh | ffrind | |
| Yiddish | פרייַנד [fraynd] | |
Saying Friend in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ընկեր [ynker] | |
| Azerbaijani | dost | |
| Bengali | বন্ধু [bandhu] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 朋友 [péngyǒu] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 朋友 [péngyǒu] | |
| Georgian | მეგობარი [megobari] | |
| Gujarati | મિત્ર [mitra] | |
| Hindi | दोस्त [dost] | |
| Hmong | phooj ywg | |
| Japanese | 友人 | |
| Kannada | ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ [snēhita] | |
| Kazakh | дос [dos] | |
| Khmer | មិត្ត | |
| Korean | 친구 [chingu] | |
| Kyrgyz | дос [dos] | |
| Lao | ເພື່ອນ [pheuon] | |
| Malayalam | സുഹൃത്ത് [suhruthu] | |
| Marathi | मित्र [mitra] | |
| Mongolian | найз [naiz] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | သူငယ်ချင်း [suungaalhkyinn] | |
| Nepali | साथी [sāthī] | |
| Odia | ସାଙ୍ଗ | |
| Pashto | ملګری | |
| Punjabi | ਦੋਸਤ [dōsata] | |
| Sindhi | دوست | |
| Sinhala | මිතුරා [miturā] | |
| Tajik | дуст | |
| Tamil | நண்பர் [naṇpar] | |
| Telugu | స్నేహితుడు [snēhituḍu] | |
| Thai | เพื่อน | |
| Turkish | arkadaş | |
| Turkmen | dost | |
| Urdu | دوست | |
| Uyghur | دوستى | |
| Uzbek | do'st | |
| Vietnamese | người bạn | |
Saying Friend in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | صديق [sadiq] | |
| Hebrew | חבר | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | heval | |
| Persian | دوست | |
Saying Friend in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vriend | |
| Amharic | ጓደኛ [gwadenya] | |
| Chichewa | bwenzi | |
| Hausa | aboki | |
| Igbo | enyi | |
| Kinyarwanda | inshuti | |
| Sesotho | motsoalle | |
| Shona | shamwari | |
| Somali | saaxiib | |
| Swahili | rafiki | |
| Xhosa | umhlobo | |
| Yoruba | ọrẹ | |
| Zulu | umngane | |
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"Friend in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/friend. Accessed 29 Sep 2023.
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