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camaraderie

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkæməˈɹɑːdəɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkæməˈɹædəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/
  • General-American: /ˌkæm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 M ER0 AA1 D ER0 IY0 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sociability, sociableness

History

Etymology

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