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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌfɹɛnd.liˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-friendly fire.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} friendly fire (uncountable)
  1. Weapons fire received from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire. Wikipedia link: Stonewall Jackson, friendly fire Tags: uncountable Synonyms: blue-on-blue Related terms: amicicide, collateral damage, fratricide, friendly Translations (fire from allied or friendly forces): نِيرَان صَدِيقَة (nīrān ṣadīqa) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), dost atəşi (Azerbaijani), su adiskidetsua (Basque), сябро́ўскі аго́нь (sjabróŭski ahónʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), kakamping pag'atake (Bikol Central), прия́телски о́гън (prijátelski ógǎn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), foc amic [masculine] (Catalan), foc aliat [masculine] (Catalan), 誤擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 误击 (wùjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 友軍炮火 (Chinese Mandarin), 友军炮火 (yǒujūn pàohuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), přátelská palba [feminine] (Czech), přátelský oheň [masculine] (Czech), egenbeskydning [common-gender] (Danish), eigen vuur [neuter] (Dutch), amika pafo (Esperanto), oma tuli (Finnish), feu ami [masculine] (French), tir ami [masculine] (French), tir fratricide [masculine] (French), მეგობრული ცეცხლი (megobruli cecxli) (Georgian), მეგობრული ცეცხლის გახსნა (megobruli cecxlis gaxsna) (Georgian), Eigenbeschuss [masculine] (German), Friendly Fire [neuter] (German), Beschuss durch die eigene Seite [masculine] (German), irrtümlicher Beschuss der eigenen Streitkräfte [masculine] (German), Nutzfeuer [neuter] (German), eigenes Feuer [neuter] (German), φίλια πυρά (fília pyrá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), אש כוחותינו \ אֵשׁ כֹּחוֹתיניָ (esh kokhótya) [feminine] (Hebrew), baráti tűz (Hungarian), tembakan bersahabat (Ido), آتَشِ خودی (âtaš-e xodi) (Iranian Persian), fuoco amico [masculine] (Italian), フレンドリー・ファイア (furendorī-faia) (Japanese), 同士討ち (dōshi uchi) (alt: どうしうち) (Japanese), 友軍相撃 (yūgun sōgeki) (alt: ゆうぐんそうげき) (Japanese), 아군 사격 (agun sagyeok) (alt: 我軍射擊) (Korean), przyjacielski ogień [masculine] (Polish), fogo amigo [masculine] (Portuguese), foc prietenesc [neuter] (Romanian), ого́нь по свои́м (ogónʹ po svoím) [masculine] (Russian), дру́жественный ого́нь (drúžestvennyj ogónʹ) [masculine] (Russian), priateľský oheň [masculine] (Slovak), fuego amigo [masculine] (Spanish), vådabeskjutning (Swedish), vådabekämpning (Swedish), dost ateşi (Turkish), дру́жній вого́нь (drúžnij vohónʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), saethu cyfeillgar (Welsh)
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          "word": "oma tuli"
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          "word": "Beschuss durch die eigene Seite"
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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
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          "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "friendly fire (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "amicicide"
    },
    {
      "word": "collateral damage"
    },
    {
      "word": "fratricide"
    },
    {
      "word": "friendly"
    }
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        "English links with manual fragments",
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        "English oxymorons",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bikol Central translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1867 June 3, Jasper Selwyn, “Further Particulars Regarding Moncrieff's Protected Barbette System”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume XI, number XLIV, page 256:",
          "text": "It is clear that the firing of very heavy guns, or the enemy's fire in return, would very seriously interfere with an abbatis, or anything of that kind, and it will only be something of the lightest character, or something that is placed at a considerable distance from the friendly fire, the fire of the gun itself, that would remain.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, P.E.T., “The Franco-German War”, in Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States, volume XLVI, number CLXV, page 552:",
          "text": "The slaughter of one's own troops by being fired into by their friends in rear. We are very much concerned over the question of avoiding loss from the enemy's bullets while passing through the danger zone, but what have we done to avoid our bravest fellows, the survival of the fittest, those who have gotten to the front and have held on to hard-won positions—what have we done to avoid their being shot to pieces by friendly fire? Absolutely nothing that we have ever heard of—and yet this is one of the most serious problems that confronts the leader of troops. Courage before the enemy will quail before a fire from the rear.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 1, Christian Wolmar, “A long-term approach - delivered by the public sector”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 50:",
          "text": "Labour is set to publish its own ideas 'shortly', which could mean anything from days to weeks. Meanwhile, the Conservatives' proposals have faced some 'friendly fire' from their own side.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weapons fire received from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "allied",
          "allied"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Stonewall Jackson",
        "friendly fire"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɹɛnd.liˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blue-on-blue"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nīrān ṣadīqa",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "نِيرَان صَدِيقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "dost atəşi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "su adiskidetsua"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjabróŭski ahónʹ",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сябро́ўскі аго́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "kakamping pag'atake"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prijátelski ógǎn",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прия́телски о́гън"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foc amic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foc aliat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "誤擊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùjī",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "误击"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "友軍炮火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒujūn pàohuǒ",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "友军炮火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "přátelská palba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přátelský oheň"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "egenbeskydning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eigen vuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "amika pafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "oma tuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feu ami"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tir ami"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tir fratricide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "megobruli cecxli",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "მეგობრული ცეცხლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "megobruli cecxlis gaxsna",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "მეგობრული ცეცხლის გახსნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eigenbeschuss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Friendly Fire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschuss durch die eigene Seite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "irrtümlicher Beschuss der eigenen Streitkräfte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nutzfeuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eigenes Feuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fília pyrá",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "φίλια πυρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "esh kokhótya",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אש כוחותינו \\ אֵשׁ כֹּחוֹתיניָ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "baráti tűz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "tembakan bersahabat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuoco amico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furendorī-faia",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "フレンドリー・ファイア"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうしうち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōshi uchi",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "同士討ち"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうぐんそうげき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgun sōgeki",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "友軍相撃"
    },
    {
      "alt": "我軍射擊",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "agun sagyeok",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "아군 사격"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "âtaš-e xodi",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "آتَشِ خودی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjacielski ogień"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fogo amigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "foc prietenesc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogónʹ po svoím",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ого́нь по свои́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drúžestvennyj ogónʹ",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дру́жественный ого́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priateľský oheň"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuego amigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "vådabeskjutning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "vådabekämpning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "dost ateşi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drúžnij vohónʹ",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дру́жній вого́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fire from allied or friendly forces",
      "word": "saethu cyfeillgar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "friendly fire"
}

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