copain

Signification (Anglais)

1. friend, chum, mate (UK), pal, buddy
2. (informal) Ellipsis of petit copain.: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment)

Synonymes

ami

copine

compagnon

camarade

petit ami

pote

🧉

amie

petite amie

compagne

compère

amoureux

❤️

chum

faire-valoir

partenaire

camarade d’école

petit copain

sigisbée

swain

chum

allié

camarade d'école

allier

amant

❤️

amitié

amoureuse

associé

collègue

complice

concubin(e)

conjoint(e)

homme

👨

mec

quaker

relation

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔ.pɛ̃/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de ancien français: compaing

Appartenant à italien: compagno

In summary

Inherited from Old French compaing, compain, from Late Latin compāniō (nominative form) (compare also Italian compagno), from com- + pānis, literally “with-bread”, a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a translation of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibo (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from *hlaib (“loaf, bread”). See also compagnon, from the accusative form of the same Late Latin term (compāniōnem), whence English companion. The sense of 'boyfriend' is by ellipsis of petit copain.