fellow

Significado

Noun

1. A companion; a comrade.
2. An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
3. An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
4. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
5. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
6. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
7. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
8. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
9. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
10. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
11. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
12. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
13. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
14. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
15. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
16. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
17. (informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
18. Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
19. An animal or object.
20. One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
21. One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
22. Alternative form of fella (“used as a general intensifier”)
23. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
24. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
25. (obsolete) A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.
26. (obsolete) Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.
27. (obsolete) A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.
28. (obsolete) A person's servant or slave.
29. (obsolete) A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.
30. (obsolete,slang) Synonym of schoolmate (“a student at the same school”)
31. (obsolete) A black man.

Verb

1. To address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).
2. To equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (some other person or thing).
3. (obsolete) To pair or suit (someone or something) with some other person or thing; also, to pair or suit someone or something with (some other person or thing); to arrange (things) in pairs.
4. (obsolete) Followed by to or with: to associate or join (oneself, someone, or something) with some other person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
5. (obsolete) Followed by to or with: to cause or portray (someone or something) to be equal to some other person or thing.
6. (obsolete) To associate or go together with (someone or something); to become a partner of (someone or something).
7. (obsolete) Followed by with: to associate or join with a person or thing in companionship or a partnership.

Guionizado como

fel‧low

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfɛləʊ/

Etimoloxía

From Middle English felowe, Early Middle English felage (“companion, good friend”) from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi, derived from félag (“joint venture; partnership”, literally “a laying together of property”), from fé (“livestock, property; money”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)) + lag (“something laid down; right position; arrangement; companionship, fellowship; partnership”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”)).
cognates
* Old Norse filaga, felaka (“partner”, accusative singular), from which the other terms are derived:
* Danish fælle (“companion”)
* Faroese felagi (“member; partner”)
* Icelandic félagi (“companion, comrade, fellow; member; partner”)
* Norwegian felle (“companion”)
* Old Swedish fälaghi (modern Swedish felaga, felaha (“partner”, accusative singular))
* Scots falow, fallow, follow (“associate, companion, comrade”)