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friendzoné

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_youth_slang

French past-participle adjective for someone who has been placed in the « friendzone »: kept at the status of a friend by a person they hoped to date. It is used for oneself (« je me suis fait friendzoner ») and for others (« il est friendzoné »), and differs from the noun « friendzone », which names the situation itself.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Il s'est fait friendzoné après trois mois de messages."

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire defines the verb « friendzoner » as placing someone in one's friendzone, borrowed from English « friendzone », and lists « friendzoné » as its derived form, with citations from 2018 to 2026 including the magazine Télérama. The noun « friendzone » is described as an anglicism for a situation where one person wants a romantic relationship and the other only friendship, with a 2025 20minutes example.

FIRST SEEN

2018 (earliest citation for « friendzoner » on Wiktionnaire)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s to 2020s, French social media

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRfriendzoné →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

2018 (earliest citation for « friendzoner » on Wiktionnaire)

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