friend zone

Etymology
Popularized by a 1994 episode of the American sitcom .

Noun

 * 1)  The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَانَة الصَدَاقَة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 朋友區間
 * Dutch: vriendenzone,
 * Esperanto: amikzono
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: φρεντ ζόουν, φιλική ζώνη
 * Hebrew: פרינדזון
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, zona amici
 * Japanese: フレンドゾーン
 * Korean: 어장관리
 * Lombard: zòna amis
 * Polish: friendzone
 * Portuguese: zona de amizade,
 * Russian:, зо́на дру́жбы
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пријатељска зо́на
 * Roman: prijateljska zóna
 * Spanish: zona de amigos, zona de amistad
 * Ukrainian: френдзо́на
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1)  To classify as a friend, without any possibility of a romantic relationship.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發朋友卡
 * Finnish: luokitella kaverisektoriin
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: friendzonować
 * Portuguese: colocar/deixar na friendzone
 * Russian: френдзо́нить

Etymology
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