Friendly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces

characteristic of or befitting a friend

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈɛndli/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈɛndli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈɛndli/

2 syllables Say it as /fɹˈɛndli/.

Examples

friendlies came to their rescue
friendly advice
a friendly neighborhood

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

well-disposed favorable

Antonyms

unfriendly hostile

Parts of Speech

noun	troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces “friendlies came to their rescue”
adjective	characteristic of or befitting a friend “friendly advice”
adjective	inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile “a government friendly to our interests”
adjective	easy to understand or use “user-friendly computers”
adjective	of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally “in friendly territory”

Word Forms

friend	noun	a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
friendliness	noun	a friendly disposition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

freundlich

Truppen, die Ihren eigenen Streitkräften angehören oder mit ihnen verbündet sind

🇫🇷French

amical

troupes appartenant à ou alliées à vos propres forces militaires

🇪🇸Spanish

amigable

tropas pertenecientes o aliadas a sus propias fuerzas militares

🇮🇹Italian

amichevole

truppe appartenenti o alleate con le tue stesse forze militari

🇳🇱Dutch

vriendelijk

troepen die behoren tot of verbonden zijn met uw eigen strijdkrachten

🇵🇹Portuguese

amigável

tropas pertencentes ou aliadas às suas próprias forças militares

🇷🇺Russian

дружелюбно

войска, принадлежащие вашим собственным вооруженным силам или союзные с ними

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दोस्ताना

आपके अपने सैन्य बलों से संबंधित या संबद्ध सैनिक

🇧🇩Bengali

বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ

আপনার নিজস্ব সামরিক বাহিনীর সাথে যুক্ত বা সহযোগী সৈন্যরা

🇮🇳Tamil

நட்பு

உங்கள் சொந்த இராணுவப் படைகளைச் சேர்ந்த அல்லது அதனுடன் இணைந்த துருப்புக்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్నేహపూర్వక

మీ స్వంత సైనిక దళాలకు చెందిన లేదా దానితో అనుబంధంగా ఉన్న దళాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

मैत्रीपूर्ण

तुमच्या स्वत:च्या लष्करी दलांशी संबंधित किंवा त्यांच्याशी संलग्न असलेले सैन्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૈત્રીપૂર્ણ

તમારા પોતાના લશ્કરી દળોના સૈનિકો અથવા તેની સાથે જોડાયેલા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ನೇಹಪರ

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವಂತ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಪಡೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಅಥವಾ ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಪಡೆಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സൗഹൃദം

നിങ്ങളുടെ സ്വന്തം സൈനിക സേനയിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സഖ്യകക്ഷികളായ സൈനികർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੋਸਤਾਨਾ

ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਫੌਜੀ ਬਲਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਜਾਂ ਸਹਿਯੋਗੀ ਫੌਜਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

دوستانہ

آپ کی اپنی فوجی قوتوں سے تعلق رکھنے والے یا ان کے ساتھ منسلک فوجی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

友好的

属于自己军队或与自己军队结盟的部队

🇯🇵Japanese

フレンドリー

自分の軍隊に属する、または自分の軍隊と同盟を結んでいる軍隊

🇰🇷Korean

친숙한

자신의 군대에 속하거나 동맹을 맺은 군대

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thân thiện

quân thuộc hoặc liên minh với lực lượng quân sự của bạn

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นกันเอง

กองทหารที่เป็นของหรือเป็นพันธมิตรกับกองกำลังทหารของคุณเอง

🇮🇩Indonesian

ramah

pasukan milik atau bersekutu dengan pasukan militer Anda sendiri

🇵🇭Filipino

palakaibigan

mga tropang kabilang o kaalyado ng sarili mong pwersang militar

🇲🇾Malay

mesra

tentera kepunyaan atau bersekutu dengan pasukan tentera anda sendiri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ودي

القوات التابعة لقواتك العسكرية أو المتحالفة معها

🇮🇷Persian

دوستانه

نیروهایی که متعلق به نیروهای نظامی شما هستند یا با آنها متحد هستند

🇹🇷Turkish

arkadaşça

kendi askeri kuvvetlerinize ait veya onlarla müttefik olan birlikler

🇮🇱Hebrew

יְדִידוּתִי

חיילים השייכים לכוחות הצבא שלך או בעלי ברית אליהם

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