friendless

English

Etymology

From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas. By surface analysis, friend +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛndləs/
• (pin–pen merger or dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈfrɪndləs/

Adjective

friendless (not comparable)

1. Without friends (without a friend).

   friendless homebody

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:

     While Conservative and Labour MPs instinctively had deep political differences, they were united in the cold view that at the end of the 1950s, Britain's railways were friendless and almost finished.

Antonyms

• enemyless

Derived terms

• friendlessly
• friendlessness

Translations

without friends

• Bengali: বন্ধুহীন (bn) (bondhuhin)
• Danish: venneløs (da)
• Dutch: vriendloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senamika
• German: freundlos
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφιλος (áphilos)

• Icelandic: vinalaus
• Middle English: frendles
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vennelaus, venneløs

  Nynorsk: venelaus, vennelaus

• Old English: frēondlēas
• Sanskrit: अमित्र (sa) (amitra)
• Spanish: sin amigos
• Swedish: vänlös (sv)
• Turkish: arkadaşsız

See also

• enemylessness