How to say “friendship” in 31 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- amistad/amisˈtad/ Spanish
- दोस्ती/d̪oːs.t̪iː/ Hindi
- φιλία/fiˈlia/ Greek
- חברות/χaveˈʁut/ Hebrew
- ընկերություն/ənkeɾuˈtʰjun/ Armenian
- বন্ধুত্ব/bond̪ʱut̪ːo/ Bengali
“friendship” in Spanish: amistad · French: amitié · German: freundschaft · Italian: amicizia · Portuguese: amizade · Hindi: दोस्ती · Greek: φιλία
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where vriendskap is the 832nd most used word.
Friendship in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vriendskap/ˈfrintskɐp/ #832
- Arabic تواصل/tawaːsˤala/ to be united by friendship #1,612
- Armenian ընկերություն/ənkeɾuˈtʰjun/ #1,797
- Basque adiskidetasun/adis̺kidetas̺un/ #2,053
- Bengali বন্ধুত্ব/bond̪ʱut̪ːo/ #1,103
- Bosnian prijateljstvo/prijatěʎstʋo/ #2,257
- Croatian prijateljstvo/prijatěʎstʋo/ #2,293
- Czech přátelství[ˈpr̝̊aːtɛlstviː] #1,888
- Danish venskab[ˈvɛnˌsɡ̊æˀb̥] #2,430
- Dutch vriendschap/ˈvrint.sxɑp/ #2,235
- Esperanto amikeco/amiˈket͡so/ #2,188
- Estonian sõprus/sˈɤprus/ #2,245
- French amitié/a.mi.tje/ friendship, amity #2,104
- Galician amizade/amiˈθaðe̝/ #1,911
- German freundschaft/ˈfʁɔɪ̯ntʃaft/ #2,278
- Greek φιλία/fiˈlia/ friendship, companionship #2,482
- Hebrew חברות/χaveˈʁut/ #998
- Hindi दोस्ती/d̪oːs.t̪iː/ #1,642
- Italian amicizia/a.miˈt͡ʃit.t͡sja/ #2,131
- Lithuanian draugystė[drɒʊ²ˈɡʲiːsʲtʲeː] #2,118
- Macedonian пријателство[priˈjatɛɫstvɔ] #2,225
- Malayalam സൗഹൃദം/sɐu̯hrɨd̪ɐm/ #1,608
- Persian دوستی[d̪uːs.t̪ʰíː] #2,275
- Portuguese amizade/a.miˈza.d͡ʒi/ #2,358
- Serbian prijateljstvo/prijatěʎstʋo/ #2,157
- Slovak priateľstvo/prɪ̯aceʎstvɔ/ #1,338
- Slovenian prijateljstvo/prijáːtɛlstʋɔ/ #974
- Spanish amistad/amisˈtad/ #2,263
- Tamil நட்பு/nɐʈpɯ/ friendship, amity #1,255
- Telugu పొత్తు/pot̪ːu/ #1,532
- Urdu دوستی/d̪oːs.t̪iː/ #1,379
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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