fellowship

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
3. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
4. (countable, uncountable) A merit-based scholarship.
5. (countable, uncountable) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
6. (countable, uncountable) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

Verb

1. (transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
2. (US, especially, intransitive) To join in fellowship; to associate with.

Concepts

camaraderie

confrérie

amitié

association

société

famille

👪

communauté

syndicat

union

concitoyen-enne

fréquentation

bourse

club

compagnie

corporation

institut

ordre

Synonymes

friendship

association

company

society

sisterhood

union

companionship

belonging

cohesiveness

togetherness

fraternity

brotherhood

club

comradeship

league

communion

scholarship

community

sodality

corporation

stipend

alliance

camaraderie

gild

guild

family

👪

grant

membership

partnership

commonwealth

relationship

organization

friendliness

institution

intimacy

exchange meeting

partship

associations

organisation

participation

acquaintance

burse

amicability

assembly

associates

bevy

bursary

chumminess

circle

⭕

coalition

Traductions

Kameradschaft

dernek

asociación

genootschap

sociedade

liga

compañerismo

Verband

Freundschaft

Verbindung

Vereinigung

irmandade

υποτροφία

Bund

associação

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɛləʃɪp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: felowschipe

Appartenant à islandais: félagsskapur

Appartenant à danois: fællesskab

Appartenant à norvégien: fellesskap

In summary

From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”)