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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcompanion, fromOld Frenchcompaignon(“companion”) (modernFrenchcompagnon), fromLate Latincompāniōn- (nominative singularcompāniō, whenceFrenchcopain), fromcom- +‎pānis (literally,with +bread), a word first attested in the FrankishLex Salica as acalque of aGermanic word, probablyFrankish*galaibo,*gahlaibō(“messmate”, literally“with-bread”), fromProto-Germanic*gahlaibô. Compare alsoOld High Germangaleipo(“messmate”) andGothic𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰(gahlaiba,“messmate”); and, for the semantics, compareOld Armenianընկեր(ənker,“friend”, literally“messmate”). More atco-,loaf. Displaced nativeOld Englishġefēra(literally“fellow traveler”).Doublet ofcompany. Comparemate.

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Noun

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companion (pluralcompanions)

  1. Afriend,acquaintance, orpartner; someone with whom one spendstime oraccompanies
    His dog has been his trustedcompanion for the last five years.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene v]:
      Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetestcompanions 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 treasuredcompanions.
    • 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, inRolling Stone:
      For the most part, Hefner's femalecompanions 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.
  2. (dated) A personemployed toaccompany ortravel with another.
  3. (nautical) Theframework on thequarterdeck of asailing ship through whichdaylight entered thecabins below.
  4. (nautical) Thecovering of ahatchway on an upper deck which leads to thecompanionway; thestairs themselves.
  5. (topology) Aknot in whoseneighborhood another, specified knot meets everymeridiandisk.
  6. (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
  7. (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
    Thecompanion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
  8. (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
  9. Aknight of the lowest rank in certainorders.
    acompanion of the Bath
  10. (obsolete, derogatory) Afellow; arogue.

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Translations

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someone with whom one spends time or keeps company

Verb

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companion (third-person singular simple presentcompanions,present participlecompanioning,simple past and past participlecompanioned)

  1. (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; toaccompany.
    • 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 .
  2. (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to makeequal.

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcompagnon.

Noun

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companion m (pluralcompanioni)

  1. companion

Declension

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Declension ofcompanion
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativecompanioncompanionulcompanionicompanionii
genitive-dativecompanioncompanionuluicompanionicompanionilor
vocativecompanionulecompanionilor
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