girlfriend
Syllables: girl·friendUK/ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd//ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/
girlfriend noun: a female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
Noun
girlfriend (plural girlfriends)
- A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
- I was playing the acoustic guitar and my girlfriend was playing the drums.
- A female friend of a woman or girl.
- Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.
- That story should have applied to golf. I took it up in a casual way; a girl friend of my wife had stayed with us for a week-end and left her clubs behind.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 189
- Synonyms:
- chickfriend
- A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
- [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.1994, Eric Orner, The Seven Deadly Sins of Love (reprinted in The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2015), p. 53)
- A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.
- [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)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?
Verb
girlfriend (third-person singular simple present girlfriends, present participle girlfriending, simple past and past participle girlfriended)
- To be a girlfriend to (someone).
- I was girlfriended during the past two years by a woman who worked an average job, and while we never lived together the assumption among our friends was we'd get married one day.1996 August 12, kevin@upompeii.com, “Dating Dilemma”, in soc.singles (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
- Most Black women don't spend their time sitting around and complaining about bm/wf and "girlfriending" each other.1999 January 29, anita jamar, “I'm beginning to see the trend of more and more asian women dating white men.”, in soc.culture.asian.american (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
- To have (someone) as a girlfriend.
- Back when I was single, I dated and girlfriended around quite a bit and found many responses to my VW buses.1996 May 9, Surfer Bob, “Why do girlfriends hate VWs?”, in rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
- > How does one "girlfriend", anyway?
- By getting a girlfriend. The act of obtaining a girlfriend is called girlfriending. Example: "...so, I hit her with the wrench, and she passed out. When she woke up, I told her that when she had ORIGINALLY gotten up, I girlfriended her and then knocked her out again, and she must have amnesia....1997 May 3, Hal Phillips, “People That Post to alt.discordia”, in alt.discordia (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
girlfriend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
girlfriend in Hindi
- a female partner in a romantic relationship
- प्रेमिका premikā, गर्लफ़्रेंड garlfreṇḍ
- a female friend
- सहेली sahelī, सखी sakhī, अली alī, महिला-मित्र mahilā-mitra
girlfriend in Tamil
- காதலி, சிநேகிதி, தோழி, அவள் என்
girlfriend in Marathi
- a female partner in a romantic relationship
- मैत्रीण maitrīṇ
girlfriend in Urdu
- a female partner in a romantic relationship
- گَرْل فِرینْڈ garl firenḍ, گَرْل فَرینْڈ garl farenḍ, عاشِقَہ 'āśiqa
- a female friend
- سَہیلی sahelī, سَکھی sakhī
More languagesFewer languages
- girlfriend in Bengali
- বান্ধবী bandhobi
- girlfriend in Telugu
- ప్రియురాలు priyurālu, స్నేహితురాలు snēhiturālu
- girlfriend in Malayalam
- സഖി sakhi, കൂട്ടുകാരി kūṭṭukāri, പെണ്ണ് peṇṇŭ
- girlfriend in Kannada
- ಗೆಳತಿ, ಗರ್ಲ್ಫ್ರೆಂಡ್
- girlfriend in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿਕਾ, ਗਰਲਫ੍ਰੈਂਡ, ਗਰਲਫ਼ਰੈਂਡ
- girlfriend in Gujarati
- બહેનપણી bahenpaṇī
- girlfriend in Odia
- ଗର୍ଲଫ୍ରେଣ୍ଡ
- girlfriend in Nepali
- प्रेमिका, गर्लफ्रेन्ड
- girlfriend in Tagalog
- kasintahang babae, nobya
- girlfriend in Arabic
- صَدِيقَة ṣadīqa, صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba, حَبِيبَة ḥabība
- girlfriend in Malay
- teman perempuan, kawan perempuan
- girlfriend in Indonesian
- pacar, teman perempuan
- girlfriend in Persian
- دوستدختر dust-doxtar
- girlfriend in Thai
- แฟนสาว fɛɛn-sǎao, แฟน fɛɛn, เพื่อนสาว
- girlfriend in Vietnamese
- bạn gái, người yêu
- girlfriend in Myanmar
- ရည်းစား rany:ca:
Examples of girlfriend in a sentence
- When a man visits an old girlfriend she usually expects something like that.1966, “The Man Trap”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Capt. James T. Kirk...
- Referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend suggests several things about your relationship, said Leah Carey, a sex and relationship coach and podcast host of “Good Girls Talk About Sex.”2024 October 24, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, “More straight couples are calling each other partner. Here’s why”, in CNN, archived from the...
- You can do whatever you want to her." […] An' I grabbed her by the hair, and I said, "If I ever hear you callin' any of my girlfriends a whore, you're gonna really find your ass all over the ground."2012, William Labov, “3. Hidden Diversity”, in Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change, Charlottesville; London...
- […] for the past 45 years, Neri had sat outside with her girlfriends Fotini and Eleni, two school friends who, having grown old in their company, Neri loved dearly.2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 135:
Synonyms of girlfriend
Forms of girlfriend
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | girlfriends |
| alternative form | girl friend |
| alternative form | girl-friend |
| alternative form | girlfran |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | girlfriends |
| present participle | girlfriending |
| past participle | girlfriended |
| past | girlfriended |
Origin of girlfriend
From girl + friend.
Words formed from girlfriend
- cybergirlfriend
- do you have a girlfriend
- ex-girlfriend
- friendgirl
- girlfran
- girlfriendable
- girlfriend experience
- girlfriendhood
- girlfriendish
- girlfriendless
- girlfriendly
- girlfriendy
- nongirlfriend
- part-time girlfriend
- trophy boyfriend
- trophy girlfriend
- trophy partner
- you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth
Phrases with girlfriend
Questions about girlfriend
- What does girlfriend mean?
- Girlfriend means a female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- What is girlfriend in Hindi?
- Girlfriend in Hindi is प्रेमिका (premikā), गर्लफ़्रेंड (garlfreṇḍ), सहेली (sahelī). See Girlfriend meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use girlfriend in a sentence?
- When a man visits an old girlfriend she usually expects something like that.
- What part of speech is girlfriend?
- Girlfriend can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce girlfriend?
- Girlfriend is pronounced /ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of girlfriend?
- The plural of girlfriend is girlfriends.
Words near girlfriend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: girlfriend (page history and authors); girlfriend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കൂട്ടുകാരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); girlfriend (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); girlfriend (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); બહેનપણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); girlfriend (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); girlfriend (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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