girlfriend

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
 * 2) A female friend of a woman or girl.
 * 3)  A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
 * 4) * 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 53):
 * Tim: James, huh? My lover Carlos's best girlfriend is named James.
 * James: Yes, I know. I am your lover Carlos's best girlfriend James.
 * 1) * 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 32):
 * Hanque: Girlfriend — how'r we doing?
 * Doug: Hi Hanque, I'd like a capuccino and some lobster bisque.
 * Caption: (Friendliness with the waitstaff is a good sign)
 * 1) * 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 53):
 * Tim: James, huh? My lover Carlos's best girlfriend is named James.
 * James: Yes, I know. I am your lover Carlos's best girlfriend James.
 * 1) * 1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 32):
 * Hanque: Girlfriend — how'r we doing?
 * Doug: Hi Hanque, I'd like a capuccino and some lobster bisque.
 * Caption: (Friendliness with the waitstaff is a good sign)
 * Caption: (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 ' or ', 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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: صَدِيقَة, صَاحِبَة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: каха́нка, дзяўчы́на, сябро́ўка, пры́яцелька, падру́га
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, прия́телка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 女朋友,
 * Hakka: 女朋友
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Elfdalian: fjälla
 * Esperanto: koramikino
 * Estonian:, tüdruksõber
 * Faroese: unnusta, dama
 * Finnish:, , tyttökaveri
 * French:, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , ,  ,
 * Galician: noiva, moza
 * Georgian: შეყვარებული, მეგობარი გოგო, მეგობარი გოგონა, მეგობარი ქალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Greenlandic: arnaat
 * Guaraní: kichiha
 * Hebrew:, חברה לחיים,  בת-זוג לחיים
 * Hindi: गर्लफ़्रेंड,, आशिक़ा
 * Hungarian:, (slang)
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: amoratino
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:, girseach
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 意中の女, , 付き合ってる人
 * Kapampangan: tau, ibug
 * Khmer: មិត្តស្រី
 * Korean:, ,
 * Lao: ຜູ້ສາວ
 * Latin:, amīca, amīcula,
 * Latvian: draudzene
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: девојка, пријателка
 * Malay: teman perempuan
 * Marathi: मैत्रीण
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: найз охин
 * Northern Sami: moarsi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kjærast, kjæraste
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: salla
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: marusa
 * Russian:, , , гёрлфре́нд, гёрлфренд, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: цу̏ра, дѐво̄јка, дјѐво̄јка, ђѐво̄јка, пријатѐљица
 * Roman:, , , đèvōjka,
 * Sicilian:, ,
 * Slovak: priateľka
 * Slovene:, punca ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:, , kärasta
 * Tagalog: kasintahang babae, nobya
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: แฟนสาว,
 * Tibetan: དགའ་རོགས
 * Tok Pisin: gelpren
 * Turkish: kız arkadaş
 * Ukrainian: коха́на,, подру́га, при́ятелька
 * Urdu: گَرْل فِرین٘ڈ
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon: ,
 * West Frisian: freondinne, ,
 * Wolof:


 * Arabic: صَدِيقَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: сябро́ўка, пры́яцелька, падру́га
 * Bulgarian: прия́телка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女性朋友, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: amikino
 * Faliscan: socia
 * Finnish:, tyttökaveri
 * French: ,
 * Galician: amiga
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹
 * Hebrew:, ידידה
 * Hindi:, , , महिला-मित्र
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: teman perempuan
 * Italian:, amica del cuore
 * Japanese: 女友達
 * Kapampangan: babaying kaluguran
 * Korean: 여사친
 * Latin: amīca
 * Latvian: draudzene
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: пријателка
 * Malay: teman perempuan, kawan perempuan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: veninne, venninne
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: banacharaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пријатѐљица
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: cummari
 * Slovak: priateľka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, рафиқа
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: เพื่อนสาว
 * Ukrainian: подру́га, при́ятелька
 * Volapük:
 * West Frisian: freondinne