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pen pal plural pen pals
A friend with whom one communicates using letters , usually over a long distance. friend with whom one communicates using letters
Arabic: صَدِيق بِالْمُرَاسَلَة m ( ṣadīq bi-l-murāsala )
Armenian: գրչակից ընկեր ( grčʻakicʻ ənker )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 筆友 / 笔友 (zh) ( bǐyǒu ) , 通信 朋友 ( tōngxìn péngyou )
Czech: přítel na dopisování
Danish: penneven c
Finnish: kirjekaveri (fi) , kirjeenvaihtotoveri kirjeystävä
French: correspondant (fr) m correspondante (fr) f
German: Brieffreund (de) m Brieffreundin (de) f
Hebrew: חבר לעט m
Icelandic: pennavinur m
Indonesian: teman pena
Italian: amico di penna m amica di penna f
Japanese: ペンフレンド ( penfurendo ) , ペンパル ( penparu ) , 文通 仲間 ( ぶんつうなかま, buntsū nakama )
Korean: 펜팔 ( penpal ) , 펜 프렌드 ( pen peurendeu )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brevvenn m
Persian: دوستی نامه ای دوست مکاتبهای ( dost-e mokâtebe-aye )
Polish: przyjaciel korespondencyjny m przyjaciółka korespondencyjna f
Portuguese: amigo por correspondência m correspondente (pt) m
Russian: друг по перепи́ске m ( drug po perepíske ) , подру́га по перепи́ске f ( podrúga po perepíske )
Spanish: amigo por correspondencia m
Swedish: brevvän (sv) c
Thai: เพื่อน ทาง จดหมาย ( pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai )
Vietnamese: bạn qua thư
pen pal third-person singular simple present pen pals present participle pen palling simple past and past participle pen palled
( informal , transitive , intransitive ) correspond with a pen pal.
1986 December 7, Richard DuBose, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News , volume 14 , number 21 , page 14 :Friendship provides shelter from the buffeting storms of life and the complexities of life situations. By penpalling , both can exchange thoughts, feelings, ideas, ideals and knowledge. Such an exchange promotes fresh insights and personal growth for both insider and those in the free world. Please let's talk.
