how to pronounce friends

/ˈfɹɛndz/

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friends is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of friends in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… call request to my friends in a moment I …”

meanings of friends

noun:

Plural of Friend.
Plural of friend.
Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of friend.

name:

The Quakers; the Society of Friends.

friends frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word friends occurs in english on average 433.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.