Masculine
Meaning
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) buddy, mate
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) comrade (companion or fellow socialist or communist)
Concepts
close friend
near age mate
camerade
Comrade
same mind
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.ma.ʁad/
Etymology
Before 1571, camarade ("soldiers' dormitory") is feminine. 1587, in military slang camarade either masculine or feminine, with the sense of "who shares with someone else", thereafter "buddy"; 1869 political sense. From Spanish camarada, itself from cámara (“chamber”) rather than Italian camerata which is slightly later but which influenced the form camerade which is attested in the 16th and 17th centuries. Both Italian and Spanish correspond to the construction of French chambrée.
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