friend

/frɛnd/

US pronunciation

American sound/frɛnd/

friend

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> friend

Myanmar meaning

(n) သူငယ်ချင်း။

Full entry

friend / frend / n

၁။ မိတ်ဆွေ။ သူငယ်ချင်း။ အပေါင်းအသင်း။ အဖော်။ သဟာယ။ He's a friend of mine/my friend. ❍ We are good/close/old friends. ❍ She was my best friend at school. ❍ He had few friends among his fellow-students. See also BOYFRIEND, FAIR-WEATHER FRIEND, GIRLFRIEND See also BEFRIEND
၂။ ~ of sth မိတ်ဆွေ။ ဘက်တော်သား။ a friend of the arts/ the poor ❍ We appeal to all friends of peace and justice around the world.
၃။ မိတ်ဆွေ။ Who goes there—friend or foe?
❍ You're among friends here—you can speak freely.
၄။ မိတ်ဆွေ။ အဖော်။ I've come to rely on my dictionary like an old friend. ❍ Television can be a valuable friend for lonely people.
၅။ Friend = QUAKER
၆။ မိတ်ဆွေ။ Our friend from China will now tell us about her research. ❍ Friends, it is with great pleasure that I introduce our guest speaker. ❍ my learned friend (ie used by a lawyer of another lawyer in a lawcourt)
❍ my honourable friend (ie used by a Member of Parliament of another Member of the same party in the House of Commons).
❏ be/make friends (with sb) [IDM ] မိတ်ဖြစ်သည်။ မိတ်ဖွဲ့သည်။ They had a quarrel but now they're friends again. ❍ David finds it hard to make friends (with other children).
❏ a friend in need (is a friend in deed) [IDM ] (saying ) အရေးကြုံသည့်အခါ အားကိုးရမှမိတ်ဆွေစစ်။
❏ friendless adj မိတ်ဆွေအပေါင်းအသင်း မရှိသော။ အထီးကျန် အဖော်မဲ့သော။

More examples

She’s visiting friends in Scotland.
[close/good/great friend] : Helga is a close friend of mine.
[old friend] : I’m having lunch with an old friend.
[friends and relatives/neighbours/acquaintances] : We stayed with various friends and relatives.
[friend of the family/family friend] : May I introduce Peter Flint, a very old friend of the family.
[circle of friends] : She has a wide circle of friends.
I’ll ask my friend at the office if she knows.
The letter was signed simply ‘A friend’.
They used to be good friends, but they’ve fallen out recently.
A lot of couples remain friends after their marriage ends.
[friend with] : I’ve been friends with him for years.
Japan is a valued friend and partner of this country.
Annabel is a friend of the Metropolitan Museum.
My friend, Miss Edwards, for the respondents, has failed to address a number of issues.

Synonyms

pal, buddy, companion, acquaintance, comrade, accomplice, adherent, advocate, ally, alter ego, associate, backer, benefactor, bosom buddy, chum, classmate, cohort, collaborator, colleague, compatriot, confidant, consort, contact, cousin, crony, familiar, helper, intimate, mate, partisan, partner, patron, playmate, roommate, schoolmate, sidekick, soul mate, spare, supporter, well-wisher, workmate

Antonyms

antagonist, detractor, enemy, foe, opponent, opposition, rival, stranger