Meaning

4 senses
  1. A mate, companion, or associate.

    Kamerad

    това́рищtovárišč, другdrug, подру́гаpodrúga

    това́ришtováryš, това́ришкаtováryška, другdruh

  2. A mate, companion, or associate.

    A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

    Kamerad

    това́рищtovárišč, камара́дkamarád, сора́тникsorátnik

    това́ришtováryš, това́ришкаtováryška

  3. (broadly)A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

    Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?

    Genosse, Genossin

    това́рищtovárišč, камара́дkamarád

    това́ришtováryš, това́ришкаtováryška

    a fellow member of the Communist Party

  4. A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.

    Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

    Genosse

    това́рищtovárišč

    това́ришtováryš, това́ришкаtováryška

Examples

46 sentences
  1. We became comrades.

    ruМы стали товарищами.

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  2. My comrades encouraged me to fulfill my ambitions.

    Мої товариші заохочували мене здійснити мої прагнення.

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  3. The young man bade farewell to his comrades and relatives.

    Молодий чоловік попрощався зі своїми друзями та родичами.

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  4. The communists called each other "comrades".

    deDie Kommunisten nannten einander Genossen.

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  5. He was my comrade in arms.

    ruОн был моим братом по оружию.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mate, companion, or associate:
Русский
By meaning 2
mate, companion, or associate:
companion in battle, fellow soldier:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mate, companion, or associate:
fellow socialist or communist:

Origin

From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade,

From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.

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Forms

plural: comrades
Singularcomrade
Pluralcomrades

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
title:brotherA1compare sister
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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