B2adjective · common

friendly

friendly · friendlier · friendliest

дружній, приятельський, ласкавий, люб'язний

приятельский, товарищеский, дружественный, любезный

freundlich

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in characterGenerally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

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/ˈfɹɛnd.li/

» These animals are very friendly, too.

Эти животные также очень дружелюбны.

Эти животные тоже очень дружелюбны.

Ці тварини є також дуже привітними.

Ці тварини є також дуже покладливими.

Meaning

8 senses

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
Your cat seems very friendly.
freundlich
дружелю́бныйdruželjúbnyj, приве́тливыйprivétlivyj, любе́зныйljubéznyj
люб'я́знийljubʺjáznyj, ласка́вийlaskávyj, дружелю́бнийdruželjúbnyj
Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
He gave a friendly smile.
freundlich
дру́жественныйdrúžestvennyj, дру́жескийdrúžeskij, това́рищескийtováriščeskij
дру́жнійdrúžnij, при́ятельськийprýjatelʹsʹkyj
characteristic of or befitting a friend
Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
a user-friendly software program
a dog-friendly café
easy to understand or use
(in compounds)Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly.
Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.
Without any hostility.
a friendly competition
a friendly power or state
дру́жественныйdrúžestvennyj, това́рищескийtováriščeskij, прия́тельскийprijátelʹskij
Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
a friendly breeze or gale
(usually)Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.
The soldier was killed by friendly fire.
Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
friendly
friendly pairs

Examples

884 sentences

These animals are very friendly, too.
Ці тварини є також дуже привітними.
ruЭти животные также очень дружелюбны.
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I always try to be friendly.
Я завжди намагаюся бути дружнім.
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What you did wasn't very friendly.
Те, що ти зробив, не було дуже дружелюбним.
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Tom isn't being very friendly, is he?
Том не дуже дружелюбний, еге ж?
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Tom isn't as friendly as Mary is.
Том не такий дружелюбний, як Мері.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

approachable, warm:

Русский

By meaning 2

approachable, warm:

characteristic of friendliness:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

approachable, warm:

Origin

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, fr

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

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