buddy

Etymology 1
First appears c. 1788, in the writings of. Possibly from, a child-talk alteration of. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial, also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot.

Noun

 * 1) A friend or casual acquaintance.
 * 2) A partner for a particular activity.
 * 1) A partner for a particular activity.
 * 1) A partner for a particular activity.
 * 1) A partner for a particular activity.

Pronoun

 * 1)  A person far removed from the conversation.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , , kaverus
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: ძმობილი, ამხანაგი, მეგობარი, ძმაკაცი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: សំលាញ់,
 * Louisiana Creole French: boug, nèg, padna, djæk, vye
 * Ottoman Turkish: گوڭلداش
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schlockat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: друшкан,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សំលាញ់
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: друшкан,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To assign a buddy, or partner, to.

Etymology 2
From, , equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Resembling a bud.