companion

English

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Etymology

FromMiddle Englishcompanion,fromOld Frenchcompaignon(“companion”)(modernFrenchcompagnon), fromLate Latincompāniōn-(nominative singularcompāniō,whenceFrenchcopain), fromcom-+‎pānis(literally,with+bread), a word first attested in the FrankishLex Salicaas acalqueof aGermanicword, probablyFrankish*galaibo,*gahlaibō(“messmate”,literally“with-bread”),fromProto-Germanic*gahlaibô.Compare alsoOld High Germangaleipo(“messmate”)andGothic𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰(gahlaiba,“messmate”);and, for the semantics, compareOld Armenianընկեր(ənker,“friend”,literally“messmate”).More atco-,loaf.Displaced nativeOld Englishġefēra(literally“fellow traveler”).Doubletofcompany.Comparemate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/kəmˈpænjən/
Audio(US): (file)
Hyphenation:com‧pan‧ion
Rhymes:-ænjən

Noun

companion(pluralcompanions)

Afriend,acquaintance,orpartner;someone with whom one spendstimeoraccompanies
His dog has been his trustedcompanionfor the last five years.
- 1611April (first recorded performance),William Shakespeare,“The Tragedie of Cymbeline”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene v]:
  Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetestcompanionsin the world.
- 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC,PC, scene: Varren Codex entry:
  The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasuredcompanions.
- 2017September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”,inRolling Stone:
  For the most part, Hefner's femalecompanionsall adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.
(dated)A personemployedtoaccompanyortravelwith another.
(nautical)Theframeworkon thequarterdeckof asailing shipthrough whichdaylightentered thecabinsbelow.
(nautical)Thecoveringof ahatchwayon an upper deck which leads to thecompanionway;thestairsthemselves.
(topology)Aknotin whoseneighborhoodanother, specified knot meets everymeridian disk.
(figuratively)A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
(attributive)An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
Thecompanionguide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
(astronomy)A celestial object that is associated with another.
Aknightof the lowest rank in certainorders.
acompanionof the Bath
(obsolete,derogatory)Afellow;arogue.
- c.1597(date written),William Shakespeare,“The Merry Wiues of Windsor”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i],line111:
  and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / coggingcompanion,

Synonyms

See alsoThesaurus:friend

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

someone with whom one spends time or keeps company

Arabic:صَاحِبm(ṣāḥib),صَاحِبَةf(ṣāḥiba)
Bashkir:иптәш(iptəş)
Basque:lagun(eu)
Belarusian:кампаньёнm(kampanʹjón),кампаньёнкаf(kampanʹjónka),спадаро́жнік(be)m(spadaróžnik),спадаро́жніцаf(spadaróžnica)
Bulgarian:придружи́тел(bg)m(pridružítel),придружи́телкаf(pridružítelka),компаньо́н(bg)m(kompanjón),компаньо́нкаf(kompanjónka)
Burmese:အဖော်(my)(a.hpau)
Catalan:acompanyant(ca)m,company(ca)m,companya(ca)f
Chamicuro:lota'c̈homa
Chinese:
Mandarin:Bạn lữ／Bạn lữ(zh)(bànlǚ),Đồng bạn(zh)(tóngbàn)
Corsican:cumpagnu(co)
Czech:společník(cs)m,společnicef
Danish:ledsagerc
Dutch:metgezel(nl)m
Egyptian:

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Esperanto:kunulo,kompano(eo)
Estonian:kaaslane(et)
Finnish:toveri(fi),seuralainen(fi),kumppani(fi)
French:compagnon(fr)m,compagne(fr)f
Galician:compañeiro(gl)
German:Gefährte(de)m,Gefährtin(de)f
Alemannic German:Gspaanem
Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰m(gasinþja),𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐌰m(gajuka)
Greek:σύντροφος(el)morf(sýntrofos)
Ancient:ἑταῖροςm(hetaîros),ἑταίραf(hetaíra)
Hindi:साथी(hi)m(sāthī)
Hungarian:társ(hu)
Icelandic:félagi(is)m
Ido:kompano(io)
Irish:caidreamhach
Istriot:cunpagnom
Italian:amico(it)m,compagno(it)m
Japanese:Trọng gian(ja)(なかま, nakama),Bạn bè(ja)(ゆうじん, yūjin),Đồng bạn giả(どうはんしゃ, dōhansha)
Kapampangan:kayabe
Korean:동반자( đồng bạn giả )(ko)(dongbanja),길벗(ko)(gilbeot),길동무(gildongmu),반려자( bạn lữ giả )(ko)(ballyeoja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:ئاواڵ(awall),ھاورێ(hawrê)
Lao:ສະຫາຽ(sa hāi),ວະຍັດ(wa nyat),ສະຂິ(sa khi)
Latin:comesm,socius(la)m
Latvian:pavadonism,biedrs(lv)m,biedref,biedrenef
Lithuanian:palydovas(lt)m,palydovėf
Macedonian:компањо́нm(kompanjón),компањо́нкаf(kompanjónka)
Malay:teman(ms)
Maori:takahoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål:ledsagerm
Old English:ġefēram
Ottoman Turkish:یولداش(yoldaş),رفیق(refik),قولداش(koldaş),آیاقداش(ayakdaş)
Persian:دوست(phát)(dôst),مونس(phát)(munes),همدم(phát)(hamdam),یار(phát)(yâr),ایرمان(phát)(irmân)
Polish:towarzysz(pl)m,towarzyszka(pl)f,kompan(pl)m,kompankaf,wspólnik(pl)m,wspólniczkaf
Portuguese:acompanhante(pt)morf,companheiro(pt)m
Romanian:tovarăș(ro)m
Russian:това́рищ(ru)m(továrišč),компаньо́н(ru)m(kompanʹón),компаньо́нка(ru)f(kompanʹónka),спу́тник(ru)m(spútnik),спу́тница(ru)f(spútnica)
Sanskrit:द्वितीय(sa)m(dvitīya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:компа̀њо̄нm,компа̀њо̄нкаf

Roman:kompànjōn(sh)m,kompànjōnka(sh)f
Sicilian:cumpagnum,cumparim
Slovak:spoločníkm,spoločnicaf,spoločníčkaf
Slovene:tovariš(sl)m,tovarišicaf,spremljevalecm,spremljevalkaf
Spanish:compañero(es)m,compañera(es)f,cousínm(inseparable,Nicaragua)
Swahili:rafiki(sw)
Swedish:följeslagare(sv)c
Tagalog:apungot,kasama
Tarifit:amedukkerm
Tatar:иптәш(tt)(iptäş)
Tausug:iban
Thai:สหาย(th)(sà-hǎai)
Turkish:yoldaş(tr)
Ugaritic:𐎈𐎁𐎗(ḥbr),𐎗𐎓(rʿ)
Ukrainian:компаньйо́нm(kompanʹjón),компаньйо́нкаf(kompanʹjónka),това́ришm(továryš),супу́тник(uk)m(supútnyk),супу́тницяf(supútnycja)
Urdu:ساتھی(ur)m(sāthī),ہمسفر(hamsafar)
Vietnamese:bầu bạn(vi)

Verb

companion(third-person singular simple presentcompanions,present participlecompanioning,simple past and past participlecompanioned)

(obsolete)To be a companion to; to attend on; toaccompany.
- 1865,John Ruskin,Precious Thoughts:
  we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed, and of creation which companioned, Salvator.
(obsolete)To qualify as a companion; to makeequal.
- c.1606–1607(date written),William Shakespeare,“The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
  Companionme with my mistress.

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchcompagnon.

Noun

companionm(pluralcompanioni)

companion

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	companion	companionul	companioni	companionii
genitive-dative	companion	companionului	companioni	companionilor
vocative	companionule		companionilor