comrade

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈkɑmræd/ UK /ˈkɒmreɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a companion who shares one's activities or beliefs

He raised a glass to a fallen comrade from the war.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a companion who shares... companion friend ally colleague associate mate fellow

Opposites

enemy foe adversary rival

Word family

Forms comradely

Derived forms comradelycomradeship

Related forms comradeshipcomraderycamaraderie

Simplified etymology

Comrade entered English in the mid-16th century from Spanish camarada, “a roommate,” ultimately from Latin camera, “a room.” It originally referred to someone who shared the same room or tent, often a fellow soldier.

Etymology

From Middle French camarade ('chamber-mate, roommate'), from Spanish camarada ('roommate'), from camara ('chamber'), from Latin camera ('vaulted room'), from Greek kamara ('vault').

camarada Spanish camera Latin kamára Ancient Greek

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# comrade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑmræd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒmreɪd/

## Meanings
1. a companion who shares one's activities or beliefs

## Examples
- He raised a glass to a fallen comrade from the war.

## Synonyms
- companion
- friend
- ally
- colleague
- associate
- mate
- fellow

## Antonyms
- enemy
- foe
- adversary
- rival

## Derived Forms
- comradely
- comradeship

## Related Forms
- comradeship
- comradery
- camaraderie

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: camarada
- Root: camera
- Root: kamára

## Etymology
From Middle French camarade ('chamber-mate, roommate'), from Spanish camarada ('roommate'), from camara ('chamber'), from Latin camera ('vaulted room'), from Greek kamara ('vault').

## AI Etymology
Comrade comes from Middle French camarade ('chamber-mate, roommate'), from Spanish camarada ('roommate'), from camara ('chamber'), from Latin camera ('vaulted room'), from Greek kamara ('vault'). The historical trail runs through camarada in Spanish, camera in Latin, and kamára in Ancient Greek. Used as a noun, comrade now means "a companion who shares one's activities or beliefs", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as comradely and comradeship and related forms such as comradeship, comradery, and camaraderie. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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