noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkæməˈɹɑːdəɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkæməˈɹædəɹi/
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General-American:/ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/
General-American:/ˌkæm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A close friendship in a group of friends or teammates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: comradery, comradeship, comradeliness, chumminess, team spirit
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A spirit of familiarity and closeness, especially when expressed somewhat boisterously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Unadapted borrowing from French camaraderie. Recent American pronunciations such as /ˌkɑməˈɹɑdəɹi/ and /ˌkɑmˈɹɑdəɹi/ are influenced by the cognate comrade.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
صَدَاقَة
(ṣadāqa)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Armenian:
ընկերակցություն
(ənkerakcʻutʻyun)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Azerbaijani:
yoldaşlıq
— close friendship in a group of friends
Belarusian:
сябро́ўства
(sjabrówstva)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Belarusian:
тавары́ства
(tavarýstva)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Belarusian:
дру́жба
(drúžba)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Belarusian:
тавары́скасць
(tavarýskascʹ)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Belarusian:
тавары́скасьць
(tavarýskasʹcʹ)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Bulgarian:
друга́рство
(drugárstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Bulgarian:
прия́телство
(prijátelstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Catalan:
camaraderia
— close friendship in a group of friends
Chinese Mandarin:
友情
(yǒuqíng)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Chinese Mandarin:
友誼 /友谊
(yǒuyì)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Czech:
kamarádství
— close friendship in a group of friends
Danish:
kammerateri
— close friendship in a group of friends
Danish:
kammeratskab
— close friendship in a group of friends
Dutch:
kameraadschap
— close friendship in a group of friends
Estonian:
kamraadlus
— close friendship in a group of friends
Estonian:
sõbramehelikkus
— close friendship in a group of friends
Finnish:
toveruus
— close friendship in a group of friends
French:
camaraderie
— close friendship in a group of friends
Georgian:
ამხანაგობა
(amxanagoba)
— close friendship in a group of friends
German:
Kameradschaft
— close friendship in a group of friends
Greek:
συναδελφικότητα
(synadelfikótita)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Greek:
συντροφικότητα
(syntrofikótita)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Hebrew:
רֵעוּת
(re'út)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Hindi:
सौहार्द
(sauhārd)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Hindi:
समिति
(samiti)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Hungarian:
barátság
— close friendship in a group of friends
Icelandic:
félagsandi
— close friendship in a group of friends
Icelandic:
góður kunningsskapur
— close friendship in a group of friends
Icelandic:
góð samskipti
— close friendship in a group of friends
Italian:
cameratismo
— close friendship in a group of friends
Japanese:
友情
(yūjō)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Kazakh:
жолдастық
(joldastyq)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Korean:
우정
(ujeong)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Kyrgyz:
жолдоштук
(joldoştuk)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Macedonian:
другарство
(drugarstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Norwegian Bokmål:
kameraderi
— close friendship in a group of friends
Norwegian Bokmål:
kameratskap
— close friendship in a group of friends
Pannonian Rusyn:
товаришство
(tovarišstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Iranian Persian:
رِفاقَت
(refâġat)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Polish:
towarzystwo
— close friendship in a group of friends
Polish:
koleżeństwo
— close friendship in a group of friends
Portuguese:
camaradagem
— close friendship in a group of friends
Portuguese:
camaradaria
— close friendship in a group of friends
Romanian:
camaraderie
— close friendship in a group of friends
Russian:
това́рищество
(továriščestvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Russian:
дру́жба
(drúžba)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Serbo-Croatian:
камарадерија
— close friendship in a group of friends
Serbo-Croatian:
kamaraderija
— close friendship in a group of friends
Slovak:
kamarátstvo
— close friendship in a group of friends
Slovene:
tovarištvo
— close friendship in a group of friends
Spanish:
camaradería
— close friendship in a group of friends
Swedish:
kamratskap
— close friendship in a group of friends
Tajik:
рафоқат
(rafoqat)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Turkish:
arkadaşlık
— close friendship in a group of friends
Turkmen:
ýoldaşlyk
— close friendship in a group of friends
Ukrainian:
товари́ство
(tovarýstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Ukrainian:
дру́жба
(drúžba)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Ukrainian:
прия́тельство
(pryjátelʹstvo)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Uyghur:
يولداشلىق
(yoldashliq)
— close friendship in a group of friends
Uzbek:
oʻrtoqlik
— close friendship in a group of friends
Vietnamese:
tình bạn
— close friendship in a group of friends
Catalan:
camaraderia
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Chinese Mandarin:
友誼 /友谊
(yǒuyì)
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Danish:
kammerateri
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Finnish:
yhteishenki
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
French:
camaraderie
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Greek:
συναδελφικότητα
(synadelfikótita)
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Hungarian:
bajtársiasság
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Hungarian:
összetartás
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Macedonian:
другарство
(drugarstvo)
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Polish:
koleżeństwo
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Portuguese:
camaradagem
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Portuguese:
camaradaria
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Russian:
това́рищество
(továriščestvo)
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Spanish:
camaradería
— a spirit of familiarity and closeness