copain

Meaning

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

Concepts

friend

boyfriend

buddy

acquaintance

pal

mate

chum

comrade

crony

schoolmate

cobber

company

fellow

partner

companion

brother

sidekick

feller

bud

frat

josser

matey

associate

circle of friends

colleague

group

playmate

Friend

Quaker

ally

beau

swain

young man

messmate

girlfriend

BF

bruv

compeer

eme

marra

marrow

puchito

shill

yaar

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ.pɛ̃/

Etymology

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.