compagnon

Meaning

1. lifelong partner, significant other
2. companion
3. friend, buddy, pal

Concepts

companion

comrade

partner

friend

buddy

fellow

mate

company

accompanist

pal

acquaintance

brother

associate

colleague

journeyman

peer

teammate

significant other

crony

sidekick

craftsman

consort

cohabitee

cohabiter

attendant

circle of friends

group

skilled worker

co-worker

helpmate

trainee

accompanyist

chum

familiar

Comrade

bruv

compeer

eme

cobber

marra

marrow

puchito

shill

yaar

cow-orker

coworker

camerade

fellow soldier

tovarich

tovarish

tovarishch

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French compaignon, from Late Latin compāniōnem (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”) (compare Italian compagnone, Spanish compañón), from com- (“with”) + pānis (“bread”), first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word represented by Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”) from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-, “with”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs, “bread”), Old High German galeipo, itself from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“togetherness”) + *hlaibaz (“loaf, bread”). Compare with the etymologically related terms copain and compagnie. More at co-, loaf.

Sentences

Une fois celui-ci devenu maître Georges Jacob intègre son atelier comme compagnon .

Once he became Master Georges Jacob, he joined his workshop as a companion.