friend

companion or acquaintance whom one regards with affection, affinity, or loyalty
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friend

Summary

friend ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • friend is a type of acquaintance[2].
  • friend is a type of significant other[3].
  • friend is the opposite of enemy[4].
  • friend comprises childhood friend[5].
  • friend comprises best friend[6].
  • friend comprises close friend[7].
  • friend comprises Kalyāṇa-mittatā[8].
  • friend's has cause is recorded as befriending[9].
  • friend's facet of is recorded as friendship[10].
  • friend's described by source is recorded as Proverbs 17[11].
  • friend's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#Friend[12].
  • friend's different from is recorded as Friend[13].
  • friend's different from is recorded as Freund[14].
  • friend's different from is recorded as allies[15].
  • friend's different from is recorded as partner[16].
  • friend's different from is recorded as Cara[17].
  • friend's uses is recorded as friendship[18].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'amie'}[19].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Freundin'}[20].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'amikino'}[21].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'amikino'}[22].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'vriendin'}[23].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fy', 'text': 'freondinne'}[24].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'vo', 'text': 'jiflen'}[25].
  • friend's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'tzl', 'text': 'amiça'}[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include acquaintance[2] and significant other[3]. friend is the opposite of enemy[4].

Use and Application

Components include childhood friend[5]; best friend[6], a role[27]; close friend[7], a coexistence[28]; and Kalyāṇa-mittatā[8], a religious concept[29].

Influence

Things named for friend include Texas[30], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1845[33], headquartered in Austin[34]; Operation Tomodachi[35], a military operation[36]; lithiophilite[37], a mineral species[38]; Woodang Special Award[39], an award[40], in South Korea[41], founded in 2019[42]; franklinphilite[43], a mineral species[44]; Tamagotchi[45], a video game[46], founded in 1996[47]; and Friend[48], a film[49], directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze[50].

Why It Matters

friend ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (193 views/month).[1] friend is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for friend include Texas[30], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1845[33], headquartered in Austin[34]; Operation Tomodachi[35], a military operation[36]; lithiophilite[37], a mineral species[38]; Woodang Special Award[39], an award[40], in South Korea[41], founded in 2019[42]; franklinphilite[43], a mineral species[44]; and Tamagotchi[45], a video game[46], founded in 1996[47].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [48] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'amie'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Freundin'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'amikino'} +18
    Male form of label {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'amikulo'}, {'lang': 'vo', 'text': 'hiflen'}, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'друг'} +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3321]]: prieten"
  2. 13w ago · Kolja21 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) childhood friend, best friend, close friend +1
    Subclass of
    Different from Friend, Freund, allies +2
    Aliases
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P227]]: 4345692-3"
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