girlfriend



girlfriend

n. one’s female friend. (This sense in addition to the Standard English meaning that includes steady date, female lover, etc. A term of address primarily between females.) Look, girlfriend, you can’t let him treat you like that!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Milagrosmee-LAH-grosSpanish
BertholdBERT-hawltGerman (Archaic)
Margaretamahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
GregGREGEnglish
VinVINEnglish
Anielkaahn-YEL-kahPolish