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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdicke Freunde
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dɪkə fʁɔʏndə
"Die beiden Jungen wurden sofort dicke Freunde und machten alles zusammen."
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People who are closely attached to each other and have a strong, loyal, and enduring bond of friendship.
"After spending the entire summer traveling together, the two travelers became fast friends."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'fast' in its older Middle English sense of 'firmly, securely, or tightly' (derived from Old English 'fæst') with 'friends', denoting individuals joined securely together. While 'fast' evolved primarily to mean rapid in modern contexts, the archaic sense of being tightly bound or loyal survives chiefly in this compound expression and in nautical terms like 'fastened'.
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amis intimes
Transliteration: ami zɛ̃.tim
"Dès leur première rencontre à l'université, ils sont devenus amis intimes."
dicke Freunde
Transliteration: dɪkə fʁɔʏndə
"Die beiden Jungen wurden sofort dicke Freunde und machten alles zusammen."
amici per la pelle
Transliteration: aˈmitʃi per la ˈpɛlle
"Dopo quell'avventura, sono diventati amici per la pelle."
íntimos amigos
Transliteration: ˈintimos aˈmiɣos
"Se conocieron en el colegio y desde entonces son íntimos amigos."
amigos íntimos
Transliteration: aˈmiɡus ˈĩtimums
"Eles se tornaram amigos íntimos logo após começarem a trabalhar juntos."
पक्के दोस्त
Transliteration: pakke dost
"स्कूल के दिनों से ही वे दोनों पक्के दोस्त बन गए थे।"
莫逆之交
Transliteration: mò nì zhī jiāo
"他们两个志同道合，很快就成了莫逆之交。"
막공한 친구
Transliteration: mak-teuthan chin-gu
Script: 절친한 친구
"그들은 서로 모든 것을 공유하는 절친한 친구가 되었다."
親友
Transliteration: shin'yū
"彼らは子供の頃からの親友で、何でも隠さず話し合う。"
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