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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescopine
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko.pin
"Elle est sortie dîner avec sa bonne copine."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A close female friend; a woman's female friend.
"She went on a weekend shopping trip with her longtime gal-pal." - 2
Sometimes used in media or informal contexts to imply a romantic or deeply intimate relationship between women that is disguised as friendship.
"Historians often debated whether the two Victorian writers were merely gal-pals or romantic partners."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a colloquial blend of 'gal', an informal phonetic spelling and variant of 'girl' originating in the 19th century, and 'pal', derived from the Romani word 'phral' meaning brother. Combined in the mid-to-late 20th century, it specifically denotes a close, platonic friendship between women.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gal-pal" is said worldwide
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copine
Transliteration: ko.pin
"Elle est sortie dîner avec sa bonne copine."
Buschauffeur
Transliteration: frain.dɪn
Script: Freundin
"Sie verbringt das Wochenende mit ihrer besten Freundin."
amica
Transliteration: aˈmi.ka
"È andata a fare shopping con la sua cara amica."
amiga
Transliteration: aˈmi.ɣa
"Salió a tomar un café con su gran amiga."
amiga
Transliteration: aˈmi.ɡɐ
"Ela foi ao cinema com a sua melhor amiga."
सहेली
Transliteration: saheli
"वह अपनी पक्की सहेली के साथ बाज़ार गई।"
闺蜜
Transliteration: guīmì
"他和她的闺蜜一起去旅行了。"
여자친구
Transliteration: yeo-ja-chin-gu
"그녀는 절친한 여자친구와 쇼핑을 했다."
女友達
Transliteration: onna tomodachi
"彼女は親しい女友達とカフェに行った。"
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