חברה

See also: חבֿרה

Hebrew

Root
ח־ב־ר (kh-b-r)

Etymology 1

Noun

חֲבֵרָה • (khaverá) f (plural indefinite חֲבֵרוֹת, masculine counterpart חָבֵר) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

1. A female friend, or more generally a female teammate, classmate, partner, or similar.
2. (specifically) A girlfriend; a female romantic partner.
3. A female member (as of an organization or society).
4. (socialism) A female comrade.

Noun

חֶבְרָה • (khevrá) f (plural indefinite חֲבָרוֹת, singular construct חֶבְרָת־, plural construct חֶבְרוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. Company, society: the state of being with one or more other people.
2. Company, society: one or more people that one is with.
3. A society: a collection of individuals with common characteristics or some connection between them.
4. A society, an association: a group of people who have united for a certain purpose.
5. A company, a corporation: a business with multiple owners, or owned by a group.
6. (ecology) a community

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿרה (khevre), in turn from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חֶבְרָה (khevrá).

Alternative forms

• חֶבְרֶ׳ה (khévr'e)

Noun

חֶבְרֶה • (khévre) m pl

1. (colloquial) Friends, a group of friends.