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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]friendship (countable and uncountable, plural friendships)
- (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
- 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] [2], volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, page 181:
- We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
- 1960, C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
- (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
- (uncountable) Good will.
Synonyms
[edit]- (being friends): chumship
- (friendly relationship): entente cordiale
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- affectionate friendship
- Amish friendship bread
- friendship bench
- friendship book
- friendship bracelet
- friendship centre
- friendshipful
- friendshipless
- friendshiplike
- friendshiply
- friendshipped
- friendshipping
- friendshippish/friendshipish
- friendship plant
- friendshippy/friendshipy
- friendship store
- guest-friendship
- guestfriendship
- romantic friendship (passionate friendship)
Translations
[edit](uncountable) condition of being friends
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(countable) friendly relationship
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(uncountable) good will — see good will
See also
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
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- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- English terms suffixed with -ship
- English 2-syllable words
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