companionship

English

Etymology

From companion +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pan‧ion‧ship

Noun

companionship (countable and uncountable, plural companionships)

1. The state of having or being a companion.
2. (archaic) An association, a fellowship.

   a companionship of printers

3. The state of being a journeyman.
4. An organized group of people.

Translations

state of having or being a companion

• Bulgarian: общуване (bg) n (obštuvane), другарство (bg) n (drugarstvo), компания (bg) f (kompanija)
• Catalan: companyonatge m
• Finnish: toveruus (fi)
• French: camaraderie (fr) f
• German: Kameradschaft (de) f
• Greek: φιλία (el) f (filía), συντροφικότητα (el) f (syntrofikótita)
• Hungarian: társaság (hu)
• Indonesian: persahabatan (id)
• Irish: cumann m, coimhdeacht f, compánachas m, compántas m
• Korean: 우정(友情) (ko) (ujeong)
• Middle English: felawrede, felaweshipe
• Russian: компа́ния (ru) f (kompánija)
• Scottish Gaelic: companas m
• Spanish: compañerismo (es) m, acompañamiento (es) m
• Welsh: cwmnïaeth f, cyfeillach f

association, fellowship

• Finnish: toverikunta
• Ottoman Turkish: یولداشلق (yoldaşlık), رفیقلق (refiklik)
• Polish: asysta (pl) f, asystencja f (archaic)

state of being a journeyman

• Finnish: kisälliys

organized group of people

References

• “companionship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.