# companion
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- +‎ pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Doublet of company. Compare mate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəmˈpænjən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: com‧pan‧ion
* Rhymes: -ænjən

### Noun

companion (plural companions)
* A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
    His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
** 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Varren Codex entry:The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.
** 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.
* (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
* (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
* (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
* (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
* (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
* (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
    The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
* (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
* A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
    a companion of the Bath
* (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], line 111:and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion,

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:friend

#### Derived terms

* animal companion
* boon companion
* companimal
* companionable, uncompanionable
* companion animal
* companionate
* companion cell
* companioness
* companion hatch
* companionhood
* companionize
* companion ladder
* companionless
* companionly
* companion set
* companionship
* companionway
* free companion
* ladies' companion
* native companion
* pot-companion

#### Related terms

* accompany, accompanying
* company

#### Translations

Arabic: صَاحِب m (ṣāḥib), صَاحِبَة f (ṣāḥiba)
Bashkir: иптәш (iptəş)
Basque: lagun (eu)
Belarusian: кампаньён m (kampanʹjón), кампаньёнка f (kampanʹjónka), спадаро́жнік (be) m (spadaróžnik), спадаро́жніца f (spadaróžnica)
Bulgarian: придружи́тел (bg) m (pridružítel), придружи́телка f (pridružítelka), компаньо́н (bg) m (kompanjón), компаньо́нка f (kompanjónka)
Burmese: အဖော် (my) (a.hpau)
Catalan: acompanyant (ca) m, company (ca) m, companya (ca) f
Chamicuro: lota'c̈homa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伴侶 / 伴侣 (zh) (bànlǚ), 同伴 (zh) (tóngbàn)
Corsican: cumpagnu (co)
Czech: společník (cs) m, společnice f
Danish: ledsager c
Dutch: metgezel (nl) m
Egyptian: (snnw)
Esperanto: kunulo, kompano (eo)
Estonian: kaaslane (et)
Finnish: toveri (fi), seuralainen (fi), kumppani (fi)
French: compagnon (fr) m, compagne (fr) f
Galician: compañeiro (gl)
German: Gefährte (de) m, Gefährtin (de) f
Alemannic German: Gspaane m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰 m (gasinþja), 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐌰 m (gajuka)
Greek: σύντροφος (el) m or f (sýntrofos)
Ancient: ἑταῖρος m (hetaîros), ἑταίρα f (hetaíra)
Hindi: साथी (hi) m (sāthī)
Hungarian: társ (hu)
Icelandic: félagi (is) m
Ido: kompano (io)
Irish: caidreamhach
Istriot: cunpagno m
Italian: amico (it) m, compagno (it) m
Japanese: 仲間 (ja) (なかま, nakama), 友人 (ja) (ゆうじん, yūjin), 同伴者 (どうはんしゃ, dōhansha)
Kapampangan: kayabe
Korean: 동반자(同伴者) (ko) (dongbanja), 길벗 (ko) (gilbeot), 길동무 (gildongmu), 반려자(伴侶者) (ko) (ballyeoja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاواڵ (awall), ھاورێ (hawrê)
Lao: ສະຫາຽ (sa hāi), ວະຍັດ (wa nyat), ສະຂິ (sa khi)
Latin: comes m, socius (la) m
Latvian: pavadonis m, biedrs (lv) m, biedre f, biedrene f
Lithuanian: palydovas (lt) m, palydovė f
Macedonian: компањо́н m (kompanjón), компањо́нка f (kompanjónka)
Malay: teman (ms)
Maori: takahoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ledsager m
Old English: ġefēra m
Ottoman Turkish: یولداش (yoldaş), رفیق (refik), قولداش (koldaş), آیاقداش (ayakdaş), حریف (herif)
Persian: دوست (fa) (dôst), مونس (fa) (munes), همدم (fa) (hamdam), یار (fa) (yâr), ایرمان (fa) (irmân)
Polish: towarzysz (pl) m, towarzyszka (pl) f, kompan (pl) m, kompanka f, wspólnik (pl) m, wspólniczka f
Portuguese: acompanhante (pt) m or f, companheiro (pt) m
Romanian: tovarăș (ro) m
Russian: това́рищ (ru) m (továrišč), компаньо́н (ru) m (kompanʹón), компаньо́нка (ru) f (kompanʹónka), спу́тник (ru) m (spútnik), спу́тница (ru) f (spútnica)
Sanskrit: द्वितीय (sa) m (dvitīya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: компа̀њо̄н m, компа̀њо̄нка f
Roman: kompànjōn (sh) m, kompànjōnka (sh) f
Sicilian: cumpagnu m, cumpari m
Slovak: spoločník m, spoločnica f, spoločníčka f
Slovene: tovariš (sl) m, tovarišica f, spremljevalec m, spremljevalka f
Spanish: compañero (es) m, compañera (es) f, cousín m (inseparable, Nicaragua)
Swahili: rafiki (sw)
Swedish: följeslagare (sv) c
Tagalog: apungot, kasama
Tarifit: amedukker m
Tatar: иптәш (tt) (iptäş)
Tausug: iban
Thai: สหาย (th) (sà-hǎai)
Turkish: yoldaş (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎁𐎗 (ḥbr), 𐎗𐎓 (rʿ)
Ukrainian: компаньйо́н m (kompanʹjón), компаньйо́нка f (kompanʹjónka), това́риш m (továryš), супу́тник (uk) m (supútnyk), супу́тниця f (supútnycja)
Urdu: ساتھی (ur) m (sāthī), ہمسفر (hamsafar)
Vietnamese: bầu bạn (vi) :

### Verb

companion (third-person singular simple present companions, present participle companioning, simple past and past participle companioned)
* (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
** 1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts:we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .
* (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
** c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:Companion me with my mistress.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French compagnon.

### Noun

companion m (plural companioni)
* companion