girlfriend
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *gaurā
Proto-West Germanic *-ilā
Proto-West Germanic *gurilā
Old English *gyrele?
Middle English girle
English girl
Proto-Indo-European *preyH-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *priHós
Proto-Germanic *frijōną
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English frend
English friend
English girlfriend
From girl + friend.
Inflected forms:
form: girlfriends
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: girl friend
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: girl-friend
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: girlfran
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
pos: noun
examples: 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 gentleman did not like his girl-friend to have to undergo so much unpleasant questioning.
Want to pick some flowers, doctor? When a man visits an old girlfriend she usually expects something like that.
Former Playboy Bunnies Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson, whose lives as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends were featured in “The Girls Next Door” reality show, are feuding after Madison shared the claims of their less-than-glamorous life in the Playboy Mansion.
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.”
gloss: A female friend of a woman or girl.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.
She's a very special girl (The kind of girl you want to know) / From her head down to her toenails (Down to her feet, yeah) / And she'll wait for me at backstage with her girlfriends / In a limousine (Long and black and shining bright)
My girl friend Deb told me she was sittin' up in the living room, her and Gary. And this Red O'Malley kid liked Gary at the time. She's—I'd say she was jealous, that's what I'd say she was. And she says, "Go on Gary, she's a whore. 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."
[…] 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.
gloss: A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
pos: noun
examples: [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.
gloss: A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.
pos: noun
examples: [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)
Derived words: 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
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