"bosom friend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bosom friends [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bosom friend (plural bosom friends)
  1. A very close friend. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bosomfriend Synonyms (very close friend): bosom buddy, cater-cousin, intimate, ace boon coon [US, slang] Translations (very close friend): boesemvriend (Afrikaans), boesemvriendin (Afrikaans), sirdaş (Azerbaijani), ürəkbir dost (Azerbaijani), блізкі сябар (blizki sjabar) [masculine] (Belarusian), блізкі сябра (blizki sjabra) [masculine] (Belarusian), блізкая сяброўка (blizkaja sjabróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), таечка (taječka) [feminine] (Belarusian), 知己 (zhījǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 知音 (zhīyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 摯友 (Chinese Mandarin), 挚友 (zhìyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), getrouwe [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), boezemvriend [masculine] (Dutch), boezemvriendin [feminine] (Dutch), südamesõber (Estonian), sydänystävä (Finnish), ami intime [masculine] (French), amie intime [feminine] (French), amigo da alma [masculine] (Galician), amiga da alma [feminine] (Galician), Busenfreund [masculine] (German), Busenfreundin [feminine] (German), επιστήθιος φίλος (epistíthios fílos) [masculine] (Greek), κολλητός (kollitós) [masculine] (Greek), αδελφικός φίλος (adelfikós fílos) [masculine] (Greek), kebelbarát (Hungarian), cara cnis [masculine] (Irish), amico per la pelle [masculine] (Italian), amica per la pelle [feminine] (Italian), 親友 (shin'yū) (alt: しんゆう) (Japanese), 親しい友達 (shitashii tomodachi) (alt: したしいともだち) (Japanese), 心安い友人 (kokoroyasui yūjin) (alt: こころやすいゆうじん) (Japanese), ಆಪ್ತಮಿತ್ರ (āptamitra) (Kannada), ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ನೇಹಿತ (prāṇasnēhita) (Kannada), ഉറ്റസുഹൃത്ത് (uṟṟasuhr̥ttŭ) (Malayalam), ആത്മമിത്രം (ātmamitraṁ) (Malayalam), przyjaciel od serca [masculine] (Polish), przyjaciółka od serca [feminine] (Polish), amigo do peito [masculine] (Portuguese), amiga do peito [feminine] (Portuguese), fârtat [masculine] (Romanian), закады́чный друг (zakadýčnyj drug) [masculine] (Russian), бли́зкий друг (blízkij drug) [masculine] (Russian), goistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bana-ghoistidh [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), naprsnik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), amigo del alma [masculine] (Spanish), amiga del alma [feminine] (Spanish), hjärtevän [common-gender] (Swedish), såta vänner [plural] (Swedish), tri kỷ (Vietnamese), bạn thân (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "知己"
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          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "roman": "epistíthios fílos",
          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "word": "επιστήθιος φίλος"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "word": "cara cnis"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "amico per la pelle"
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          "code": "it",
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        {
          "alt": "しんゆう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shin'yū",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "親友"
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          "alt": "したしいともだち",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shitashii tomodachi",
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          "alt": "こころやすいゆうじん",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kokoroyasui yūjin",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "心安い友人"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "āptamitra",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "ಆಪ್ತಮಿತ್ರ"
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          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "prāṇasnēhita",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ನೇಹಿತ"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "uṟṟasuhr̥ttŭ",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "ഉറ്റസുഹൃത്ത്"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ātmamitraṁ",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "ആത്മമിത്രം"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przyjaciel od serca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przyjaciółka od serca"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "amigo do peito"
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          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "roman": "zakadýčnyj drug",
          "sense": "very close friend",
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          "word": "закады́чный друг"
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "blizkaja sjabróŭka",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блізкая сяброўка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "taječka",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "таечка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhījǐ",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "知己"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīyīn",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "知音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "摯友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìyǒu",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "挚友"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "getrouwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boezemvriend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boezemvriendin"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "südamesõber"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "sydänystävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ami intime"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amie intime"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amigo da alma"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amiga da alma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Busenfreund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Busenfreundin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epistíthios fílos",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επιστήθιος φίλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kollitós",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κολλητός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adelfikós fílos",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αδελφικός φίλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "kebelbarát"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cara cnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amico per la pelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amica per la pelle"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんゆう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shin'yū",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "親友"
    },
    {
      "alt": "したしいともだち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitashii tomodachi",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "親しい友達"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こころやすいゆうじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kokoroyasui yūjin",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "心安い友人"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "āptamitra",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "ಆಪ್ತಮಿತ್ರ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "prāṇasnēhita",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ನೇಹಿತ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uṟṟasuhr̥ttŭ",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "ഉറ്റസുഹൃത്ത്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ātmamitraṁ",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "ആത്മമിത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjaciel od serca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjaciółka od serca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amigo do peito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amiga do peito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fârtat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakadýčnyj drug",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "закады́чный друг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blízkij drug",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бли́зкий друг"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goistidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bana-ghoistidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naprsnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amigo del alma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amiga del alma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjärtevän"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "såta vänner"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "tri kỷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "bạn thân"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bosom friend"
}

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