Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person, often in a foreign country, with whom one exchanges friendly correspondence but whom one never or rarely meets.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. She wrote letters to her penfriend every week.

    deSie schrieb ihrem Brieffreund jede Woche.

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  2. Did Marika have penfriends from Japan?

    ruУ Марики были друзья по переписке из Японии?

    deHatte Marika Brieffreunde aus Japan?

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  3. Alexandra wrote to her penfriend in Italy.

    ruАлександра написала своему другу по переписке в Италии.

    deAlexandra schrieb ihrem Brieffreund in Italien.

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  4. Alexandra would write to her penfriend in Italy.

    deAlexandra schrieb ihrem Brieffreund in Italien.

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  5. Alexandra used to write to her penfriend in Italy.

    ruАлександра писала своему другу по переписке в Италии.

    deAlexandra schrieb ihrem Brieffreund in Italien.

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Origin

From pen + friend.

From pen + friend.

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Forms

plural: penfriends
Singularpenfriend
Pluralpenfriends

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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