compañere

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Spanish

Etymology

The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kompaˈɲeɾe/
Rhymes: -eɾe
Syllabification: com‧pa‧ñe‧re

Noun

compañere gender-neutral (plural compañeres, feminine compañera, feminine plural compañeras, masculine compañero, masculine plural compañeros)

(gender-neutral, neologism) fellow, companion; comrade; colleague; partner
- 1976 November 11, Álvaro García Meseguer, “Sexismo y lenguaje”, in Cambio16‎, archived from the original on 13 October 2007:
  Les polítiques podrán llamar compañeres a sus partidaries.
  Politicians will be able to call their supporters comrades.

Usage notes

The letters x or e, or alternatively the symbol @, are occasionally used as gender-neutralizing letters in Spanish. Examples include novix in place of novia and novio, amigue in place of amiga and amigo, and latin@ instead of latina and latino.

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