companion

com·pan·ion ¹  (km-pnyn)

n.

1.

a. A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.

b. A domestic partner.

2. A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.

3. One of a pair or set of things; a mate.

tr.v. com·pan·ioned, com·pan·ion·ing, com·pan·ions

To be a companion to; accompany.

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[Middle English compaignyon, from Old French compaignon, from Vulgar Latin *compni, *compnin- : Latin com-, com- + Latin pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

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companion

Noun

1. a person who associates with or accompanies someone: a travelling companion

2. a woman paid to live or travel with another woman

3. a guidebook or handbook

4. one of a pair [Late Latin companio one who eats bread with another]

companionship n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	companion - a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" comrade, familiar, fellow, associate date, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" playfellow, playmate - a companion at play tovarich, tovarisch - a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
	2.	companion - a traveler who accompanies you fellow traveler, fellow traveller traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
	3.	companion - one paid to accompany or assist or live with another attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Verb	1.	companion - be a companion to somebody           company, keep company, accompany affiliate, assort, consort, associate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

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companion

noun 1. friend, partner, ally, colleague, associate, mate (informal) gossip (archaic) buddy (informal) comrade, accomplice, crony, confederate, consort, main man (slang), chiefly U.S. homeboy (slang), chiefly U.S. cobber Austral., N.Z. (old-fashioned), (informal)

noun 2. assistant, aide, escort, attendant

noun 3. complement, match, fellow, mate, twin, counterpart

Translations

companion [kəmˈpænɪən] n → compañero/a

companion [kəmˈpænjən] n → compagnon(compagne)

companion [kəmˈpænjən] n → Begleiter(in) m(f)

companion [kəmˈpænjən] n → compagno/a

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companion

n companion [kəmˈpӕnjən]

1 a person etc who accompanies another person as a friend etc She was his constant companion in his childhood. maat, kameraad رَفيق придружител kamarád, společník ledsager der/die Begleiter/in σύντροφος compañero seltsiline رفیق؛ همدم kumppani, seuralainen compagnon, compagne מְלָווְה साथी pratilac társ teman félagi compagno 仲間 친구 draugas, palydovas biedrs; pavadonis teman metgezel ledsager, følgesvenn, kamerat, selskapsdame towarzysz companheiro tovarăş товарищ druh, -žka tovariš drugar följeslagare, kamrat เพื่อน arkadaş 同伴 товариш; супутник ساتھی رفیق bạn đồng hành 同伴

2 a helpful handbook on a particular subject The Gardening Companion. metgesel كِتاب، دَليل наръчник příručka, průvodce håndbog; vejledning das Handbuch βοήθημα guía, manual käsiraamat کتابچه راهنما käsikirja manuel מַדרִיך किसी खास विषय पर सहायक हैंडबुक priručnik kézikönyv petunjuk handbók, leiðbeiningabók manuale 手引き書 입문서, 지침서 vadovas, žinynas rokasgrāmata buku panduan handboek håndbok, veiledning podręcznik guia manual справочник príručka priročnik priručnik handbok คู่มือ el kitabı, ...rehberi 手冊 довідник sổ tay hướng dẫn 手册

adj comˈpanionable

pleasantly friendly. gesellig أَنيس، حُلْو المُعْشَر، وَدود разговорлив vlídný omgængelig umgänglich κοινωνικός, φιλικός sociable, agradable seltskondlik خوش مشرب؛ خونگرم seurallinen sociable חֶברוּתִי सहचारिता से, मिलनसार društven, druželjubiv barátságos ramah félagslyndur socievole 人好きのする 사교성이 좋은 draugiškas draudzīgs boleh dijadikan teman gezellig kameratslig, omgjengelig twarzyski amigável prietenos общительный družný družaben društven sällskaplig ที่เป็นเพื่อนได้ดี arkadaşlığı hoş, iyi dost olunabilen 表示友好的 товариський, компанійський دوستانہ thân thiện 表示友好的

n comˈpanionship

state of being or of having companion(s) She enjoys the companionship of young people. geselskap رِفْقَه، عِشْرَه дружба společnost, přátelství selskab die Gesellschaft συντροφιά compañía selts همنشینی؛ همدمی seura compagnie חֲבֵרוּת संगति, सहचारिता pratnja, društvo társaság persahabatan félagsskapur compagnia 仲間づきあい 교우 draugija kompānija; draudzīgas attiecības bertemankan gezelschap kameratskap, selskap towarzystwo companhia companie дружеское общение spoločnosť družba društvo kamratskap, sällskap ความเป็นเพื่อน arkadaşlık, dostluk 夥伴關系，友誼 спілкування; товариські стосунки رفاقت tình bạn bè 伙伴关系，友谊