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{{also|girl friend}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|girl friend|girl-friend}}
* {{alter|en|girlfran}}

===Etymology===
{{com+|en|girl|friend}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/|a=GenAm}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-girlfriend.ogg|a=US}}
* {{hyphenation|en|girl|friend}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[female]] [[partner]] in an unmarried [[romantic]] [[relationship]].
#: {{cot|en|boyfriend|enbyfriend|fiancée|lover|partner|significant other|sweetheart|wife|lady friend}}
#: {{ux|en|Marc went to the park with his '''girlfriend''' and watched the sunset with her.}}
#: {{ux|en|I was playing the acoustic guitar and my '''girlfriend''' was playing the drums.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|medium=television production|actor=William Shatner|role=Capt. James T. Kirk|title=Star Trek: The Original Series|season=1|number=1|episode=The Man Trap|publisher=Paramount Pictures|year=1966|passage=Want to pick some flowers, doctor? When a man visits an old '''girlfriend''' she usually expects something like that.}}
# A [[female]] [[friend]] of a woman or girl.
#: {{syn|en|chickfriend|q1=slang}}
#: {{cot|en|buddy|friend|pal|BFF}}
#: {{ux|en|Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her '''girlfriend''' Jessica.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018|author=Shiv Kotecha|title=The Switch|location=United States|publisher=Wonder|isbn=9781732090019|page=135|passage={{...}} for the past 45 years, Neri had sat outside with her '''girlfriends''' Fotini and Eleni, two school friends who, having grown old in their company, Neri loved dearly.}}
# {{lb|en|LGBTQ}} A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
#* '''1994''', [[w:Eric Orner|Eric Orner]], ''The Seven Deadly Sins of Love'' (reprinted in ''The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green'' (2015), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pxrqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT66 p. 53]):
#*: {{quote-gloss|''Tim:''}} {{smallcaps|james huh? my lover carlos's best '''girlfriend''' is named james.}}
#*: {{quote-gloss|''James:''}} {{smallcaps|yes, i know. i AM your lover carlos's best '''girlfriend''' james.}}
# {{n-g|A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.}}
#* '''1994''', [[w:Eric Orner|Eric Orner]], ''The Seven Deadly Sins of Love'' (reprinted in ''The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green'' (2015), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pxrqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 p. 32]):
#*: {{quote-gloss|''Hanque:''}} {{smallcaps|'''girlfriend''' - how'r we doing?}}
#*: {{quote-gloss|''Doug:''}} {{smallcaps|hi hanque, i'd like a capuccino{{sic}} and some lobster bisque..}}
#*: {{quote-gloss|''Caption:''}} {{smallcaps|(friendliness with the waitstaff is a good sign)}}

====Usage notes====
* The term is used to refer to any girl or woman in a romantic relationship with another person.
* An adult woman in such a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a ''{{l|en|significant other}}'' or ''{{l|en|partner}}'', especially if the two partners are living together. Because ''girlfriend'' and ''partner'' mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.
* The use of ''girlfriend'' for a female non-romantic friend of another female is limited in geographic distribution and sometimes preferred by older generations of speakers. It is frowned upon by many [[sapphic]] women, who consider it a contributing factor in the erasure and/or denigration of sapphic relationships.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|friendgirl
|girlfriend experience
|girlfriendhood
|girlfriendish
|girlfriendless
|girlfriendly
|girlfriendy
|do you have a girlfriend|ex-girlfriend|you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth|part-time girlfriend
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|zh|女朋友|clq=1}}
* {{desc|hi|गर्लफ़्रेंड|tr=garlfreṇḍ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|ガールフレンド|tr=gārufurendo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|걸프렌드|bor=1}}
* {{desc|lou|gèlfrènn|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|гёрлфренд|tr=gjorlfrɛ́nd|гёрлфренд|tr2=gjórlfrɛnd|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ur|گَرْل فِرین٘ڈ|tr=garl ferenḍ|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a female partner in a romantic relationship}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|meisie}}, {{t+|af|nooi}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|shoqe|f}}, {{t+|sq|dashnore|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَدِيقَة|f}}, {{t|ar|صَاحِبَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ընկերուհի}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|neska-lagun}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|каха́нка|f}}, {{t|be|дзяўчы́на|f}}, {{t|be|сябро́ўка|f}}, {{t|be|пры́яцелька|f}}, {{t|be|падру́га|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বান্ধবী}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|га́дже|n}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}, {{t|bg|прия́телка|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ရည်းစား}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|nòvia|f}}, {{t+|ca|xicota|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|女朋友|tr=neoi5 pang4 jau5}}, {{t+|yue|條女|tr=tiu4 neoi5}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|女朋友|tr=ńg-phèn-yû}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|女朋友|tr=lú-pêng-iú}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|女朋友|tr=nǚpéngyǒu}}, {{qualifier|gender-neutral}} {{t+|cmn|對象|tr=duìxiàng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přítelkyně|f}}, {{t+|cs|holka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kæreste}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vriendin}}, {{t+|nl|meisje|n}}
* Elfdalian: {{t|ovd|fjälla|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|koramikino}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|tüdruk}}, {{t|et|tüdruksõber}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|unnusta|f}}, {{t|fo|dama|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyttöystävä}}, {{t+|fi|naisystävä}}, {{t|fi|tyttökaveri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|amie|f}}, {{t+|fr|petite amie|f}} {{qualifier|dated, adolescents}}, {{t+|fr|copine|f}} {{qualifier|young adults}}, {{t+|fr|petite copine|f}} {{qualifier|dated|adolescents}}, {{t+|fr|blonde|f}} {{qualifier|Quebec|Louisiana|Missouri|New England}}, {{t+|fr|nana|f}} {{qualifier|adolescents}}, {{t+|fr|meuf|f}} {{qualifier|adolescents}}, {{t+|fr|femme|f}} {{qualifier|young adults}}, {{t+|fr|chérie|f}}, {{t+|fr|compagne|f}} {{qualifier|adults}}, {{t+|fr|partenaire|f}} {{qualifier|adults}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|noiva|f}}, {{t|gl|moza|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეყვარებული}}, {{t|ka|მეგობარი გოგო}}, {{t|ka|მეგობარი გოგონა}}, {{t|ka|მეგობარი ქალი}}
* German: {{qual|with possessive pronoun}} {{t+|de|Freundin|f}}, {{t+|de|Girlfriend|f}} {{q|colloquial|rare}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κορίτσι|n}}, {{t+|el|κοπέλα|f}}, {{t+|el|φιλενάδα|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|arnaat}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|kichiha}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חֲבֵרָה|f|tr=khaverá}}, {{q|formal}} {{t|he|חברה לחיים|tr=khavera laekhayim}}, {{q|formal}} {{t|he|בת-זוג לחיים|tr=bat-zug lekhayim}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|प्रेमिका|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|barátnő}}, {{t+|hu|csaj}} (slang)
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kærasta|f}}
* Ido: {{t|io|amoratino}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pacar}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|amica}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cailín|m}}, {{t|ga|girseach|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ragazza|f}}, {{t+|it|fidanzata|f}}, {{t+|it|donna|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|彼女|tr=かのじょ, kanojo}}, {{t|ja|[[意中]]の[[女]]|tr=いちゅうのおんな, ichū no onna}}, {{t+|ja|ガールフレンド|tr=gārufurendo}}, {{t|ja|[[付き合う|付き合ってる]][[人]]|tr=tsukiatteru hito}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|tau|m}}, {{t|pam|ibug|m}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|មិត្តស្រី}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|여자친구(女子親舊)}}, {{t+|ko|여친}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|ko|걸프렌드}} {{qualifier|dated, before 1980s}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຜູ້ສາວ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|amātrix}}, {{t|la|amīca}}, {{t|la|amīcula}}, {{t+|la|amāns}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|draudzene}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Frëndin|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|девојка|f}}, {{t|mk|пријателка|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|teman perempuan}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मैत्रीण}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|найз охин}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|moarsi}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kjæreste|m}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kjærast|m}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}, {{t|nn|kjæraste|m}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|дзивка|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|دوست‌دختر|tr=dust-doxtar}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dziewczyna}}, {{t+|pl|sympatia|f}}, {{t+|pl|przyjaciółka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|namorada|f}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|salla}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|prietenă|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|marusa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подру́жка|f}}, {{t+|ru|возлю́бленная|f}}, {{t+|ru|де́вушка|f}}, {{t|ru|гёрлфре́нд|f|tr=gjorlfrɛ́nd}}, {{t|ru|гёрлфренд|f|tr=gjórlfrɛnd}}, {{t+|ru|подру́га|f}}, {{t+|ru|прия́тельница|f}}, {{t+|ru|избранница|f|tr=izbrán'itsa}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|цу̏ра|f}}, {{t|sh|дѐво̄јка|f}}, {{t|sh|дјѐво̄јка|f}}, {{t|sh|ђѐво̄јка|f}}, {{t|sh|пријатѐљица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|cȕra|f}}, {{t+|sh|dèvōjka|f}}, {{t+|sh|djèvōjka|f}}, {{t|sh|đèvōjka|f}}, {{t+|sh|prijatèljica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|zita|f}}, {{t+|scn|picciotta|f}}, {{t+|scn|fimmina|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|priateľka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dekle|n}}, {{t|sl|punca}} {{q|colloquial}}, {{t+|sl|prijateljica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|novia|f}}, {{t+|es|polola|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mpenzi}}, {{t+|sw|chuma}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|flickvän|c}}, {{t+|sv|tjej|c}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t|sv|kärasta|c}}
* Tagalog: {{qualifier|literally}} {{t|tl|kasintahang babae|f}}, {{t|tl|nobya}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ప్రియురాలు}}
* Thai: {{t|th|แฟนสาว}}, {{t+|th|แฟน}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|དགའ་རོགས}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|gelpren}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|kız arkadaş}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|коха́на|f}}, {{t+|uk|ді́вчина|f}}, {{t|uk|подру́га|f}}, {{t|uk|при́ятелька|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|گَرْل فِرین٘ڈ|f|tr=garl ferenḍ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bạn gái}}, {{t+|vi|người yêu}} {{qualifier|gender-neutral}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|mayon|f}}, {{t+|wa|crapåde|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|freondinne|f}}, {{t+|fy|faam|f}}, {{t+|fy|famke|n}}
* Wolof: {{t+|wo|coro}}
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{{trans-top|a female friend}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَدِيقَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ընկերուհի}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|сябро́ўка|f}}, {{t|be|пры́яцелька|f}}, {{t|be|падру́га|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|прия́телка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|amiga|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[女性]][[朋友]]|tr=nǚxìng péngyǒu}}, {{t+|cmn|朋友|tr=péngyou}}, {{qualifier|male or female}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přítelkyně|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|veninde}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vriendin}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|amikino}}
* Faliscan: {{t|xfa|socia}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ystävätär}}, {{t|fi|tyttökaveri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|amie|f}} {{qualifier|close friend; best friend: ma meilleure amie}}, {{t+|fr|copine|f}} {{qualifier|acquaintance, friend; rarely used by adult men; "ma meilleure copine" is used by children for "best friend"}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|amiga|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Freundin|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חֲבֵרָה|f|tr=khaverá}}, {{t|he|ידידה|f|tr=yedida}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सहेली|f}}, {{t+|hi|सखी|f}}, {{t+|hi|अली|f}}, {{t|hi|महिला-मित्र}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|barátnő}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|vinkona|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|amikino}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|teman perempuan}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|amica}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|amica|f}}, {{t|it|amica del cuore|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[女]][[友達]]|tr=おんなともだち, onna tomodachi}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|babaying kaluguran|m}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|여사친}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Latin: {{t|la|amīca|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|draudzene|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Frëndin|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пријателка|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|teman perempuan}}, {{t|ms|kawan perempuan}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|venninne|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|veninne|f}}, {{t|nn|venninne|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|دوست‌دختر|tr=dust-doxtar}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przyjaciółka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|amiga|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|amică|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подру́га|f}}, {{t+|ru|прия́тельница|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|banacharaid|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пријатѐљица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|prijatèljica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|cummari|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|priateľka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|prijateljica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|amiga|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|shoga}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|väninna|c}}, {{t+|sv|tjejkompis|c}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|дугона}}, {{t|tg|рафиқа}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|స్నేహితురాలు}}
* Thai: {{t|th|เพื่อนสาว}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|подру́га|f}}, {{t|uk|при́ятелька|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سَہیلی|f}}, {{t|ur|سَکھی|f}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|jiflen}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|freondinne|f}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=defgiilnrr|friend girl|friendgirl}}

{{cln|en|endearing terms|terms of address}}
{{C|en|Female|People|Female people}}