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1. Inherited fromOld Frenchcompaing,compain m, fromLate Latincompāniō m (nominative form) (compare alsoItaliancompagno m), fromcom- +‎pānis m, literally“with-bread”, a word first attested in theFrankishLex Salica as a translation of aGermanic word, probablyFrankish*galaibo,*gahlaibō(“messmate”, literally“with-bread”), from*hlaib m(“loaf, bread”). See alsocompagnon m, from the accusative form of the same Late Latin termcompāniōnem, whence Englishcompanion.
2. The sense of 'boyfriend' is by ellipsis ofpetit copain.

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• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pɛ̃/

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copain m (pluralcopains,femininecopine)

1. (male)friend,chum,mate(UK),pal,buddy

   Synonym:ami m

   • 2019, Christine Genet & Estelle Wallon,Psychothérapie de l'attachement

     […] [On] a quatre façons de se comporter quand on est stressé ou inquiet.[…] La deuxième façon est de se débrouiller tout seul. On ne dit pas ou pas beaucoup ce dont on a besoin, on ne montre pas trop ce qu’on ressent aux gens qui pourraient nous aider.[…] C’est parfois difficile de calmer ses colères, de trouver une solution aux problèmes avec les parents, lescopains.

     There are four ways in which people behave when they are stressed or worried. […] The second way is to try to manage on one's own; to say nothing, or very little, about what one needs, and not to show much of what one is feeling to the people who could help. […] It is sometimes difficult to subdue one's anger and find a solution to problems with parents andfriends.

     Lorsque lescopains se retrouvaient au café du coin, pour boire une bière, taquiner le flipper ou le baby-foot, il n’était accepté que parce qu’il régalait.

     When thefriends met up in the local café, to drink a beer and have a go on the pinball machine, or a game of table football, he was only tolerated because he was paying.

2. (informal, by ellipsis)Ellipsis ofpetit copain.:boyfriend(boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment)

   (Can we add anexample for this sense?)

   Synonyms:petit ami,ami m

• copine f

• copains comme cochons
• petit copain m

• compagnon m

• amitié f

• “copain”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• pionça,ponçai

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