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companion

/kəmˈpænjən/kuhm-PAN-yuhn
/kəmˈpænjən/kuhm-PAN-yuhn

Meaningone you share bread with

Common meaning: someone you spend time with

‘with, together’ + ‘bread’ → companion

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pānis ‘bread’.

Did you know (Skeat traces company…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry COMPANY, p. 124 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Late Latin companies…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry COMPANY, p. 124 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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