Word.ws English Dictionary

acquaintance in Arabic

مَعْرِفَة maʕrifa

UK/əˈkweɪntəns//ʌˈkweɪn.təns/

acquaintance in Arabic: مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa). In English, acquaintance means a state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

Arabic words for acquaintance

state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
مَعْرِفَة maʕrifa

English meaning of acquaintance

  1. noun A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
  2. noun A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
  3. noun Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
  4. noun Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

Full definition of acquaintance

acquaintance in a sentence

  • I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

Synonyms of acquaintance

All synonyms of acquaintance

acquaintance in other languages

Questions about acquaintance in Arabic

What is the meaning of acquaintance in Arabic?
Acquaintance in Arabic is مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).
ما معنى كلمة acquaintance؟
Acquaintance: مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).
What does acquaintance mean in English?
Acquaintance means a state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: acquaintance (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-acquaintance.ogg.

Cite this page: “acquaintance meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/acquaintance. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.