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English
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Etymology
From late Middle English comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“a chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.
Pronunciation
Noun
comrade (plural comrades)
- A mate, companion, or associate.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, Canto XIII, page 20:[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice,
An awful thought, a life removed,
The human-hearted man I loved,
A spirit, not a breathing voice.
- A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
2019, Antony Beevor, chapter 16, in Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, Penguin Books, page 194:Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades.
- (communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?
- (communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.
Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.
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Translations
mate, companion, or associate
- Alutor: тумгытум (tumɣətum)
- Arabic: رَفِيق m (rafīq), صَدِيق m (ṣadīq)
- Bashkir: иптәш (iptəş)
- Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš), ся́бар m (sjábar), сябро́ўка f (sjabróŭka)
- Bulgarian: друга́р (bg) m (drugár), друга́рка (bg) f (drugárka)
- Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
- Chechen: накъост (naqʼost), гӏоьнча (ğönča), стаг (stag)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 同志 (tung4 zi3)
- Dungan: тунзы (tunzɨ)
- Eastern Min: 同志 (dùng-cé)
- Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)
- Hokkien: 同志 (tông-chì)
- Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)
- Wu: 同志 (6don-tsy)
- Czech: kamarád (cs) m, druh (cs) m, družka (cs) f
- Danish: kammerat c, makker c
- Dutch: makker (nl) m, maat (nl) m
- Esperanto: kamarado, samideano (eo)
- Finnish: kaveri (fi)
- French: camarade (fr) m or f
- Galician: compañeiro (gl) m, amigallo m
- Georgian: მეგობარი (megobari)
- German: Kamerad (de) m
- Greek: συνάδελφος (el) m (synádelfos), συναδέλφισσα f (synadélfissa)
- Ancient: ἑταῖρος m (hetaîros), ἑταίρα f (hetaíra)
- Hungarian: pajtás (hu)
- Ido: kamarado (io)
- Indonesian: kamerad (id)
- Ingrian: tovarišša
- Irish: comrádaí m
- Japanese: 仲間 (ja) (なかま, nakama), 同志 (ja) (どうし, dōshi), 同伴者 (どうはんしゃ, dōhansha), 同僚 (ja) (どうりょう, dōryō)
- Khmer: សមមិត្ត (sa’ma’mit), ភឿន (km) (pʰɨən)
- Korean: 동반자(同伴者) (ko) (dongbanja), 동지(同志) (ko) (dongji), 동료(同僚) (ko) (dongnyo)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: heval (ku)
- Latin: comes m or f, socius (la) m
- Lithuanian: bičiulis m, bičiulė f, bendražygis m, bendražygė f
- Macedonian: другар m (drugar), другарка f (drugarka)
- Norman: canmathade m or f (Jersey)
- Old East Slavic: товарищь m (tovariščĭ)
- Ottoman Turkish: یولداش (yoldaş), رفیق (refik), قولداش (koldaş), آیاقداش (ayakdaş)
- Pashto: رفيق (ps) m (rafíq)
- Persian: رفیق (fa) (rafiq)
- Polish: kamrat (pl) m, kompan (pl) m, towarzysz (pl) m, kolega (pl) m, koleżanka (pl) f, druh (pl) m
- Portuguese: camarada (pt) m or f, parceiro (pt) m, companheiro (pt) m
- Quechua: masi (qu)
- Romanian: tovarăș (ro) m, camarad (ro) m
- Russian: това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč) (both genders), друг (ru) m (drug), подру́га (ru) f (podrúga)
- Slovak: druh (sk) m, družka (sk) f
- Slovene: tovariš (sl) m, kolega m
- Somali: jaalle (so)
- Spanish: compañero (es) m, colega (es) m, camarada (es), correligionario (es)
- Sranan Tongo: mati, kompe, staman, brada, kâbel
- Swahili: rafiki (sw) class ma
- Swedish: kamrat (sv) c
- Tajik: рафиқ (rafiq)
- Tarifit: amedukker m
- Tibetan: བློ་མཐུན (blo mthun), བློ་མཐུན་པ (blo mthun pa), མཐུན་གྲོགས (mthun grogs), རོགས (rogs), གྲོགས (grogs), རོགས་པ (rogs pa), གྲོགས་པོ (grogs po)
- Ukrainian: това́риш m (továryš), друг (uk) m (druh), подру́га f (podrúha), по́друга f (pódruha)
- Urdu: رفیق m (rafīq)
- Uzbek: oʻrtoq (uz), doʻst (uz), rafiq (uz)
- Yiddish: חבֿר (yi) m (khaver)
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companion in battle, fellow soldier
- Arabic: رَفِيق m (rafīq)
- Bashkir: иптәш (iptəş)
- Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš)
- Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
- Chechen: накъост (naqʼost)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 同志 (tung4 zi3)
- Dungan: тунзы (tunzɨ)
- Eastern Min: 同志 (dùng-cé)
- Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)
- Hokkien: 同志 (tông-chì)
- Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)
- Wu: 同志 (don tsr)
- Danish: kammerat c, krigskammerat c, våbenbroder c, kampfælle (da) c, våbenfælle (da) c
- Dutch: strijdmakker (nl) m, maat (nl) m, kameraad (nl) m
- Finnish: taistelutoveri
- French: camarade (fr) m or f
- Galician: conpañeiro m, socio (gl) m
- Georgian: თანამებრძოლი (tanamebrʒoli)
- German: Kamerad (de) m
- Greek: συμπολεμιστής (el) m (sympolemistís), συστρατιώτης (el) m (systratiótis)
- Hungarian: bajtárs (hu)
- Irish: comrádaí m
- Japanese: 戦友 (ja) (senyu)
- Latin: commīlitō m
- Macedonian: соборец m (soborec), другар m (drugar)
- Ottoman Turkish: یولداش (yoldaş)
- Persian: همرزم (ham-razm), برادر (fa)
- Portuguese: camarada (pt) m
- Romanian: camarad (ro) m, tovarăș (ro) m
- Russian: това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč) (both genders), камара́д m (kamarád) (rare), сора́тник (ru) (sorátnik)
- Spanish: camarada (es) m or f, conmilitón
- Swedish: kamrat (sv) c
- Ukrainian: това́риш m (továryš)
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fellow socialist or communist
- Abkhaz: аҩыза (ajʷəza)
- Albanian: shok (sq) m
- Arabic: رَفِيق (rafīq)
- Armenian: ընկեր (hy) (ənker)
- Azerbaijani: yoldaş (az)
- Bashkir: иптәш (iptəş)
- Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš)
- Bengali: কমরেড (komreḍ)
- Bulgarian: друга́р (bg) m (drugár), друга́рка (bg) f (drugárka)
- Burmese: ရဲဘော် (my) (rai:bhau)
- Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
- Cebuano: kauban
- Chechen: накъост (naqʼost)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 同志 (tung4 zi3)
- Dungan: тунзы (tunzɨ)
- Eastern Min: 同志 (dùng-cé)
- Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)
- Hokkien: 同志 (tông-chì)
- Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)
- Wu: 同志 (don tsr)
- Chuvash: юлташ (jult̬aš)
- Czech: soudruh (cs) m, soudružka (cs) f
- Danish: kammerat c
- Dongxiang: tunzhi
- Dutch: kameraad (nl) m
- Esperanto: kamarado
- Estonian: seltsimees
- Finnish: toveri (fi)
- French: camarade (fr) m or f
- Georgian: ამხანაგი (amxanagi)
- German: Genosse (de) m, Genossin (de) f
- Greek: σύντροφος (el) m (sýntrofos), συντρόφισσα (el) f (syntrófissa)
- Hebrew: חָבֵר (he) m (khavér), חֲבֵרָה (he) f (khaverá)
- Hindi: साथी (hi) m (sāthī), कामरेड (hi) m (kāmreḍ)
- Hungarian: elvtárs (hu) m, elvtársnő (hu) f
- Ilocano: kadua
- Indonesian: kamerad (id)
- Ingrian: tovarišša
- Irish: comrádaí m
- Italian: compagno (it) m, compagna (it) f
- Japanese: 同志 (ja) (どうし, dōshi)
- Kalmyk: нөкр (nökr)
- Kazakh: жолдас (joldas)
- Khmer: សមមិត្ត (saʼmaʼmɨt), កាដុងជី (kaa dong cii), មិត្ត (km) (mɨt)
- Korean: 동지(同志) (ko) (dongji), 동무 (ko) (dongmu)
- Kumyk: ёлдаш (yoldaş)
- Kyrgyz: жолдош (ky) (joldoş)
- Lao: ສະຫາຍ (sa hāi)
- Latvian: biedrs (lv) m, biedre f, biedrene f
- Lithuanian: draugas (lt) m, draugė f
- Macedonian: другар m (drugar), другарка f (drugarka)
- Malay: komrad (ms), kamerad, kawan (ms), sahabat (ms)
- Malayalam: സഖാവ് (ml) m (sakhāvŭ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: нөхөр (mn) (nöxör)
- Nepali: कमरेड (kamareḍ)
- Norman: canmathade m or f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kamerat (no) m
- Pashto: رفيق (ps) m (rafíq)
- Persian: رفیق (fa) (rafiq)
- Polish: towarzysz (pl) m, towarzyszka (pl) f
- Portuguese: camarada (pt) m, companheiro (pt) m
- Romanian: tovarăș (ro) m
- Russian: това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč) (both genders), камара́д m (kamarád) (foreign context)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дру̑г m, друга̀рица f
- Roman: drȗg (sh) m, drugàrica (sh) f
- Slovak: súdruh m, súdružka f
- Slovene: tovariš (sl) m, tovarišica f
- Spanish: camarada (es) m or f
- Swahili: rafiki (sw) class ma
- Swedish: kamrat (sv) c
- Tagalog: kasama
- Tajik: рафиқ (rafiq)
- Tatar: иптәш (tt) (iptäş)
- Thai: สหาย (th) (sà-hǎai)
- Tibetan: བློ་མཐུན (blo mthun)
- Turkish: yoldaş (tr)
- Turkmen: ýoldaş
- Tuvan: эш (eş)
- Ukrainian: това́риш m (továryš)
- Urdu: ساتھی (ur) m (sāthī), کامریڈ m (kāmreḍ)
- Uyghur: يولداش (ug) (yoldash)
- Uzbek: oʻrtoq (uz), rafiq (uz)
- Vietnamese: đồng chí (vi)
- Yakut: табаарыс (tabaarıs)
- Yiddish: גענאָסע m (genose), קאַמעראַד m (kamerad), חבֿר (yi) m (khaver), גענאָסינע f (genosine), חבֿרטע (yi) f (khaverte)
- Zhuang: dungzci
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title used in leftist circles
- Abkhaz: аҩыза (ajʷəza)
- Albanian: shok (sq) m
- Arabic: رَفِيق m (rafīq)
- Armenian: ընկեր (hy) (ənker)
- Azerbaijani: yoldaş (az)
- Bashkir: иптәш (iptəş)
- Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš)
- Bengali: কমরেড (komreḍ)
- Bulgarian: друга́р (bg) m (drugár), друга́рка (bg) f (drugárka)
- Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
- Cebuano: kauban
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 同志 (tung4 zi3)
- Eastern Min: 同志 (dùng-cé)
- Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)
- Hokkien: 同志 (tông-chì)
- Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)
- Wu: 同志 (don tsr)
- Czech: soudruh (cs) m, soudružka (cs) f
- Danish: kammerat c
- Dutch: kameraad (nl) m
- Esperanto: kamarado, k-do
- Estonian: seltsimees
- Finnish: toveri (fi)
- French: camarade (fr)
- Georgian: ამხანაგი (amxanagi)
- German: Genosse (de) m
- Greek: σύντροφος (el) m (sýntrofos), συντρόφισσα (el) f (syntrófissa)
- Hebrew: חָבֵר (he) m (khavér), חֲבֵרָה (he) f (khaverá)
- Hindi: कामरेड (hi) m (kāmreḍ), साथी (hi) (sāthī)
- Hungarian: elvtárs (hu) m, elvtársnő (hu) f
- Icelandic: félagi (is)
- Indonesian: kamerad (id)
- Irish: comrádaí m
- Japanese: 同志 (ja) (どうし, dōshi)
- Kazakh: жолдас (joldas)
- Khmer: សមមិត្ត (saʼmaʼmɨt)
- Korean: 동지(同志) (ko) (dongji), 동무 (ko) (dongmu)
- Kyrgyz: жолдош (ky) (joldoş)
- Lao: ສະຫາຍ (sa hāi)
- Latin: comes m
- Latvian: biedrs (lv) m, biedre f, biedrene f
- Lithuanian: draugas (lt) m, draugė f
- Macedonian: другар m (drugar), другарка f (drugarka)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: нөхөр (mn) (nöxör)
- Nepali: कमरेड (kamareḍ), साथी (sāthī)
- Nogai: йолдас (yoldas)
- Norman: canmathade m or f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kamerat (no) m
- Pashto: رفيق (ps) m (rafíq)
- Persian: رفیق (fa) (rafiq)
- Polish: towarzysz (pl) m, towarzyszka (pl) f
- Portuguese: camarada (pt) m or f
- Romanian: tovarăș (ro) m
- Russian: това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč) (both genders)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дру̑г m
- Roman: drȗg (sh) m
- Slovak: súdruh m, súdružka f
- Slovene: tovariš (sl) m, tovarišica f
- Spanish: camarada (es) m or f, compañero (es) m, compañera (es) f
- Swahili: ndugu (sw)
- Swedish: kamrat (sv) c
- Tagalog: kasama
- Tajik: рафиқ (rafiq)
- Tamil: தோழரே (tōḻarē)
- Tatar: иптәш (tt) (iptäş)
- Thai: สหาย (th) (sà-hǎai)
- Tibetan: བློ་མཐུན (blo mthun)
- Turkish: yoldaş (tr)
- Turkmen: ýoldaş
- Ukrainian: това́риш m (továryš)
- Urdu: کامریڈ m (kāmreḍ)
- Uzbek: safdosh (uz)
- Vietnamese: đồng chí (vi) (同志)
- Yiddish: חבֿר (yi) m (khaver), גענאָסע (genose), חבֿרטע (yi) (khaverte)
- Zhuang: dungzci
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Verb
comrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded)
- (transitive) To associate with in a friendly way.
1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger:But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.
Further reading
- “comrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “comrade”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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