English
Noun
pen pal (plural pen pals)
- A friend with whom one communicates using letters, usually over a long distance.
Synonyms
Translations
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: เพื่อนทางจดหมาย (pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai)
- Vietnamese: bạn qua thư
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Verb
pen pal (third-person singular simple present pen pals, present participle pen palling, simple past and past participle pen palled)
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To 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.