girlfriend

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girl·friend

 (gûrl′frĕnd′)
n.
1. A female companion or friend with whom one has a sexual or romantic relationship.
2. A female friend.
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girlfriend

(ˈɡɜːlˌfrɛnd)
n
1. a female friend with whom a man or boy is romantically or sexually involved; sweetheart
2. any female friend
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girl•friend

(ˈgɜrlˌfrɛnd)

n.
1. a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
2. a female friend.
3. a female lover.
[1855–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.girlfriend - any female friendgirlfriend - any female friend; "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party"
friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
2.girlfriend - a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involvedgirlfriend - a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out"
lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
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girlfriend

noun sweetheart, love, girl, lover, beloved, valentine, truelove, steady (informal), GF (S.M.S.) Has he got a girlfriend?
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
přítelkyně
kæresteveninde
koramikino
tyttöystävänaisystävätyttökaveri
בת-זוג לחייםחברהחברה לחיים
djevojka
barátnő
kærastavinkona
ガールフレンド彼女意中の女
여자친구
amicăprietenă
izvoljenkapunca
flickväntjejtjejkompisväninna
เพื่อนผู้หญิงเพื่อนสาวแฟนสาว
bạn gái

girlfriend

[ˈgɜːlfrend] N [of girl] → amiga f; [of boy] → novia f, compañera f, polola f (Chile)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

girlfriend

[ˈgɜːrlfrɛnd] n
[boy] → copine m, petite amie f
Damon's girlfriend is called Justine → La copine de Damon s'appelle Justine.
a new girlfriend → une nouvelle copine, une nouvelle petite amie
[girl] → amie f, copine f
She often went out with her girlfriends → Elle sortait souvent avec ses amies.girl guide (British) girl scout (US) néclaireuse f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

girlfriend

[ˈgɜːlˌfrɛnd] n (of boy) → ragazza; (of girl) → amica
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

girlfriend

صَدِيقَة přítelkyně kæreste Freundin φιλενάδα amiga, novia tyttöystävä copine djevojka fidanzata ガールフレンド 여자친구 vriendin kjæreste przyjaciółka namorada возлюбленная flickvän เพื่อนผู้หญิง kız arkadaş bạn gái 女朋友
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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girlfriend

n amiga, (romantic) novia
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
Anne longed for an hour of fellowship with some girl friend. Captain Jim and Miss Cornelia were "good fellows" each, in their own way; but youth yearned to youth.
Edna had had an occasional girl friend, but whether accidentally or not, they seemed to have been all of one type--the self-contained.
She had a genius for friendship; girl friends she had in plenty; but she had a vague consciousness that masculine friendship might also be a good thing to round out one's conceptions of companionship and furnish broader standpoints of judgment and comparison.
Now and then one caught a glisten of tears through a widow's veil, and the little bride, dressed quietly in grey, talked with the usual nervous gaiety to her girl friends, and made the usual whispered confidences about her trousseau.
Her old girl friends had welcomed her back rapturously.
The Newland Archers were on their way home, after a three months' wedding-tour which May, in writing to her girl friends, vaguely summarised as "blissful."
According to the Station House Officer (SHO) Hazrat sayed they arrested the accused youngster Ameer Zyeb son of Sarn Zeb resident of Kopaz Kali who allegedly killed the father of his girl friend Osman Ghani son of Mohammad Ghani.
They alleged that the said money has been brought to the elder brother's house by the father of Daham Sirisena's girl friend. Both the mother and the girl friend had allegedly gone to the house and had removed two bundles from the money kept for safe keeping.
The man was identified as Malik Ijaz, reportedly a police officer, and his girl friend as Sanam.
However, over the past couple of months I've started to have feelings for one of my best girl friends.
His girl friend was also swept away and is believed to have died.
We get a glimpse of his heavy duty battle against the tentacles of inebriety when he agrees to meet his friend, Jim, in a bar for the purpose of becoming acquainted with Jim's new girl friend. As he enters the bar he notices that "colorful liquor bottles are lit from below like fine art.