How to Say Friendship and Friend in Different Languages (65 Languages!)

Anything can happen when you go travelling.

Both good and bad!

You get sick, fall in love, miss flights, eat exotic cuisine, and witness natural wonders of the world…and all that in the same day sometimes!

All told, the depth and range of experiences you have on the road is truly incredible.

Yet there’s one outcome in particular that seems almost unavoidable:

Forging lasting friendships with beautiful people.

Whether they’re locals or fellow travellers, you meet people at every step and make friends that have a huge impact on the experience.

Knowing this, I thought it might be fun to learn how to say friend in different languages!

I like the idea of being able to call these guys and girls what they are (i.e. my friend!) in their language as well as my own! Want to do something similar?

Check out this long list of ways to say friend and friendship in different languages.

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65 Ways to Say Friend and Friendship in Different Languages

Ready to impress the people you meet as you travel around the world?

In alphabetical order, here are 65 ways to say friendship and friend in different languages.

(Notice any mistakes? Please let me know! Drop a comment at the bottom and I’ll make the change.)

1. Afrikaans

• Friendship = vriendskap
• Friend = vriend

2. Albanian

• Friendship = miqësi
• Friend = mik

3. Arabic

• Friendship = sadaqa
• Friend = sadiq

4. Aymara

•           Friend = Masi

5. Azerbaijani

• Friendship = dostluq
• Friend = dost

6. Belarusan

• Friendship = siabroŭstva
• Friend = siabar (“syahbahr”)

7. Bengali

• Friendship = bandhutba
• Friend = bandhu

8. Bosnian

• Friendship = prijateljstvo (“pre-yah-tell-svo”)
• Friend = prijatelj

9. Bulgarian

• Friendship = Priyatelstvo
• Friend = Priyatelyu

10. Cantonese

• Friendship = jau5 ji4 (“yow-yee”)
• Friend = pang4 jau5 (“pan-yow”)

11. Catalan

• Friendship = amistat
• Friend = amic (male) or amiga (female)

12. Cherokee

• Friendship = olii
• Friend = unalii (“oo-nah-lee-ee”)

13. Croatian

• Friendship = prijateljstvo (“pre-yah-tell-svo”)
• Friend = prijatelj

14. Czech

• Friendship = přátelství
• Friend = přítel

15. Danish

• Friendship = venskab
• Friend = ven

16. Dutch

• Friendship = vriendschap
• Friend = vriend

17. Estonian

• Friendship = sõprus (“suh-pruhs”)
• Friend = sõber

18. Finnish

• Friendship = ystävyys (“oo-stah-voo”)
• Friend = ystävä (“oo-stah-vah”)

19. French

• Friendship = amitié (“ah-me-tee-eh”)
• Friend = amie (fem) or ami (masc) (“ah-me”)

20. Georgian

• Friendship = megobroba
• Friend = megobari

21. German

• Friendship = freundschaft (“froynd-shahft”)
• Friend = freund (masc) or freundin (fem)

22. Greek

• Friendship = filia (“fee-lee-yah”)
• Friend = filos (“fee-yohs”)

23. Hausa

• Friendship = abota
• Friend = aboki

24. Hawaiian

• Friendship = aloha
• Friend = hoaloha or makamaka

25. Hebrew

• Friend = chaver (for men) or chaverah (for women) (“shah-vehr”)

26. Hindi

• Friendship = Mitratā
• Friend = mitr (“mit-ruh”)

27. Hungarian

• Friendship = barátság (“bah-rah-chag”)
• Friend = barát

28. Icelandic

• Friendship = vinátta
• Friend = vinur

29. Irish Gaelic

• Friendship = cairdeas (“kor-juhs”)
• Friend = cara (“kor-ah”0

30. Italian

• Friendship = amicizia
• Friend = amico (masc) or amica (fem)

31. Japanese

• Friendship = yūjō (“yoo-joo”)
• Friend = tomodachi

32. Kazakhstan

•           Friend = dos

33. Khmer

• Friendship/friend = mittpheap (“muht-pey-uhp”)

34. Korean

• Friendship = ujeong (“oo-djong”)
• Friend = chingu

35. Kyrgyz

• Friend = dos

36. Lao

• Friendship = midtaphab
• Friend = pheuon

37. Latvian

• Friendship = draudzība
• Friend = draugs

38. Lithuanian

• Friendship = draugystė
• Friend = draugas

39. Macedonian

• Friendship = prijatelstvo
• Friend = prijatel

40. Malay

• Friendship = persahabatan
• Friend = kawan

41. Mandarin (Chinese)

• Friendship = yǒuyì
• Friend = péng yǒu (“pong yoh”)

42. Mongolian

• Friendship = nökhörlöl
• Friend = naiz

43. Nepali

• Friendship = mitratā
• Friend = mitra

44. Norwegian

• Friendship = vennskap
• Friend = venn

45. Polish

• Friendship = przyjaźń (“pshey-ah-szuhn”)
• Friend = przyjaciel (“pshey-ah-szey-ehl”)

46. Portuguese

• Friendship = amizade (“ah-mih-zah-dje”)
• Friend = amigo (masc) or amiga (fem)

47. Punjabi

• Friendship = dōsatī
• Friend = dōsata

48. Romanian

• Friendship = prietenie (“pree-eh-tehn-ee-ey”)
• Friend = prieten

49. Russian

• Friendship = druzhba
• Friend = droog (masc) or padrooga (fem)

50. Samoan

• Friend = uō

51. Serbian

• Friendship = prijateljstvo
• Friend = prijatelj

52. Sinhala

• Friendship = mitratvaya
• Friend = miturā

53. Slovak

• Friendship = priateľstvo
• Friend = kamarát

54. Slovene

• Friendship = prijateljstvo
• Friend = prijatelj

55. Spanish

• Friendship = amistad
• Friend = amigo (masc) or amiga (fem)

56. Swahili

• Friendship = urafiki
• Friend = rafiki

57. Swedish

• Friendship = vänskap (“vahn-skopp”)
• Friend = vän

58. Tamil

• Friendship = naṭpu
• Friend = naṇpar (“nahn-puhr”)

59. Thai

• Friend = pʉ̂an sà-nìt

60. Turkish

• Friendship = dostluk
• Friend = arkadaş

61. Ukrainian

• Friendship = druzhba
• Friend = druh

62. Uzbek

• Friendship = do’stlik
• Friend = do’stim

63. Vietnamese

• Friendship = hữu nghị (“hee-uhn-gyee”)
• Friend = bạn bè (“baht-bay”)

64. Xhosa

• Friendship = ubuhlobo
• Friend = umhlobo

65. Zulu

• Friendship = ubungani
• Friend = umngane

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Remember How to Say Friendship and Friend in Different Languages

There you have it then: 65 ways to say friendship and friend in different languages!

I hope they’ll make a difference on your upcoming adventures.

Commit a few to memory, surprise the people you meet on the road with them, and you’re sure to generate smiles all around.

Want to learn another important word for the place(s) you’re soon to visit?

Click here to discover how to say thank you in every single country around the world!

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