comrade

comrade

English

Alternative forms

• comrad

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɹæd/, /ˈkɑmɹəd/
• (Republic of Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʊmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/
• (Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʌmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/

Noun

comrade (plural comrades)

1. A mate, companion, or associate.
2. 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.

3. (communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

   Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?

4. (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

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

Derived terms

• comrade in arms
• comradeliness
• comradely
• comradery
• comradeship

 

Related terms

• camaraderie

 

Translations

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) 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) 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 (kômreḍ) 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) 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 (kômreḍ) 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) 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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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

comrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded)

1. (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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• comrade in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• DeMarco, Demarco, Mercado, caromed, dome car