prieten

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic приꙗтель (prijatelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *prijateľь, from Proto-Indo-European *priH- (“dear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescribed) /priˈe.ten/, (most common) /ˈprje.ten/

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• Rhymes: -eten
• Hyphenation: pri‧e‧ten

Noun

prieten m (plural prieteni, feminine equivalent prietenă)

1. (male) friend

   Synonym: (literary) amic

2. boyfriend

Declension

Declension of prieten

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	prieten	prietenul		prieteni	prietenii
genitive-dative	prieten	prietenului		prieteni	prietenilor
vocative	prietene			prietenilor

Derived terms

• împrieteni
• prietenă
• prietenesc
• prietenie
• prietenos
• prieteșug

Further reading

• “prieten”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025