comrade

English[edit]

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comrade

Alternative forms[edit]

comrad

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/
- Audio (UK) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɹæd/, /ˈkɑmɹəd/
(Republic of Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʊmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/
(Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʌmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/

Noun[edit]

comrade (plural comrades)

A mate, companion, or associate.
A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
- 2019, Beevor, Antony, 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.

Synonyms[edit]

see also Thesaurus:friend
(title): compare sister, brother
battle buddy
tovarish
compagno

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

camaraderie

Translations[edit]

mate, companion, or associate

Alutor: тумгытум (tumɣətum)
Arabic: رَفِيق‎ m (rafīq), صَدِيق‎ m (ṣadīq)
Bashkir: иптәш (iptäş)
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)

Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)

Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)

Min Dong: 同志 (dùng-cé)

Min Nan: 同志 (tông-chì)

Wu: 同志 (don tsr)
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 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)
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)

companion in battle, fellow soldier

Arabic: رَفِيق‎ m (rafīq)
Bashkir: иптәш (iptäş)
Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš)
Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
Chechen: накъост (naqʼost)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 同志 (tung⁴ zi³)

Dungan: тунзы (tunzɨ)

Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)

Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)

Min Dong: 同志 (dùng-cé)

Min Nan: 同志 (tông-chì)

Wu: 同志 (don tsr)
Danish: kammerat c, krigskammerat c, våbenbroder c, kampfælle c, våbenfælle 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)

fellow socialist or communist

Abkhaz: аҩыза (ajʷəza)
Albanian: shok (sq) m
Arabic: رَفِيق‎ (rafīq)
Armenian: ընկեր (hy) (ənker)
Azerbaijani: yoldaş (az)
Bashkir: иптәш (iptäş)
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
Chechen: накъост (naqʼost)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 同志 (tung⁴ zi³)

Dungan: тунзы (tunzɨ)

Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)

Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)

Min Dong: 同志 (dùng-cé)

Min Nan: 同志 (tông-chì)

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
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 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

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 (iptäş)
Belarusian: тава́рыш m (taváryš)
Bengali: কমরেড (komreḍ)
Bulgarian: друга́р (bg) m (drugár), друга́рка (bg) f (drugárka)
Catalan: camarada (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 同志 (tung⁴ zi³)

Hakka: 同志 (thùng-chṳ)

Mandarin: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)

Min Dong: 同志 (dùng-cé)

Min Nan: 同志 (tông-chì)

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 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kameraad (nl) n, ^{(please verify)} gabber (nl) n, ^{(please verify)} maat (nl) n
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kamarado
Italian: ^{(please verify)} compagno (it) m, ^{(please verify)} camerata (it) m or f
Old English: ^{(please verify)} ġesīþ, ^{(please verify)} ġefēra

Verb[edit]

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.

Anagrams[edit]

DeMarco, Demarco, Mercado, caromed, dome car