girlfriends
- 1Plural of girlfriend.
She met up with her girlfriends for coffee on Saturday morning.
Several of the players brought their girlfriends to the awards dinner.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular, and its ambiguity too. Girlfriends can be romantic partners, a woman's female friends (a usage now somewhat dated), or, among gay men, close friends rather than sexual partners. Context usually settles it: meeting one's girlfriends for coffee suggests friends, while players bringing their girlfriends to a dinner suggests partners. Where context is thin, say friends or partners instead.
girlfriends is a form of girlfriend
girlfriend, noun: A woman who is someone's partner in a romantic relationship without being married. Full entry
- Forms
- girlfriendgirlfriends plural
- Spelling
- girlfriend → girlfriends: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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