man's best friend
man's best friend · man's best friends · men's best friends
друг человека
bester Freund des Menschen
An affectionate term for a dog, or dogs in generalAn affectionate term for a dog, or dogs in general.
Meaning
1 sensesAn affectionate term for a dog, or dogs in general.
bester Freund des Menschen
друг челове́каdrug čelovéka
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
affectionate term for a dog:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
affectionate term for a dog:
Origin
Refers to the millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companioRefers to the millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship of dogs with humans.
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Forms
plural: man's best friends / men's best friends| Singular | man's best friend |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.