Meanings
plural camaraderies
- countableuncountableA close friendship in a group of friends or teammates.
Moreover, a spirit of camaraderie exists between the staff of the railway and its regular patrons.
1958 November 28, M. H. Baker, “The North Borneo Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 7901 more example
And regardless of their differences, they always act with such camaraderie and complicity among themselves.
2016 February 8, Marwan Bishara, “Why Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East”, in Al Jazeera EnglishSynonyms: comradery, comradeship, comradeliness, chumminess, team spirit
- countableuncountableA spirit of familiarity and closeness, especially when expressed somewhat boisterously.
There was not one of Napoleon's intimate friends, however high in rank, who would have ventured to indulge in the sort of camaraderie which was kept up between the Emperor and his old moustaches.
1838, Caulincourt, Napoleon and his Times, volume 1, page 175
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA close friendship in a group of friends or teammates.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcamaraderie
- Englishcamaraderie
Unadapted borrowing from French camaraderie. Recent American pronunciations such as /ˌkɑməˈɹɑdəɹi/ and /ˌkɑmˈɹɑdəɹi/ are influenced by the cognate comrade.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَدَاقَة
- صَدَاقَة (ṣadāqa)close friendship in a group of friends
Bulgarian друга́рство, прия́телство
- друга́рство (drugárstvo)close friendship in a group of friends
- прия́телство (prijátelstvo)close friendship in a group of friends
Catalan camaraderia, camaraderia
- camaraderiaclose friendship in a group of friends
- camaraderiaa spirit of familiarity and closeness
Chinese Mandarin 友情, 友誼 /友谊
- 友情 (yǒuqíng)close friendship in a group of friends
- 友誼 /友谊 (yǒuyì)close friendship in a group of friends
- 友誼 /友谊 (yǒuyì)a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Czech kamarádství
- kamarádstvíclose friendship in a group of friends
Danish kammerateri, kammeratskab
- kammeratericlose friendship in a group of friends
- kammeratskabclose friendship in a group of friends
- kammerateria spirit of familiarity and closeness
Dutch kameraadschap
- kameraadschapclose friendship in a group of friends
Estonian kamraadlus, sõbramehelikkus
- kamraadlusclose friendship in a group of friends
- sõbramehelikkusclose friendship in a group of friends
Finnish toveruus, yhteishenki
- toveruusclose friendship in a group of friends
- yhteishenkia spirit of familiarity and closeness
French camaraderie, camaraderie
- camaraderieclose friendship in a group of friends
- camaraderiea spirit of familiarity and closeness
German Kameradschaft
- Kameradschaftclose friendship in a group of friends
Greek συναδελφικότητα, συντροφικότητα
- συναδελφικότητα (synadelfikótita)close friendship in a group of friends
- συντροφικότητα (syntrofikótita)close friendship in a group of friends
- συναδελφικότητα (synadelfikótita)a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Hebrew רֵעוּת
- רֵעוּת (re'út)close friendship in a group of friends
Hindi सौहार्द, समिति
- सौहार्द (sauhārd)close friendship in a group of friends
- समिति (samiti)close friendship in a group of friends
Hungarian barátság, bajtársiasság
- barátságclose friendship in a group of friends
- bajtársiassága spirit of familiarity and closeness
- összetartása spirit of familiarity and closeness
Icelandic félagsandi, góður kunningsskapur
- félagsandiclose friendship in a group of friends
- góður kunningsskapurclose friendship in a group of friends
- góð samskipticlose friendship in a group of friends
Italian cameratismo
- cameratismoclose friendship in a group of friends
Japanese 友情
- 友情 (yūjō)close friendship in a group of friends
Korean 우정
- 우정 (ujeong)close friendship in a group of friends
Norwegian Bokmål kameraderi, kameratskap
- kameradericlose friendship in a group of friends
- kameratskapclose friendship in a group of friends
Polish towarzystwo, koleżeństwo
- towarzystwoclose friendship in a group of friends
- koleżeństwoclose friendship in a group of friends
- koleżeństwoa spirit of familiarity and closeness
Portuguese camaradagem, camaradaria
- camaradagemclose friendship in a group of friends
- camaradariaclose friendship in a group of friends
- camaradagema spirit of familiarity and closeness
- camaradariaa spirit of familiarity and closeness
Romanian camaraderie
- camaraderieclose friendship in a group of friends
Russian това́рищество, дру́жба
- това́рищество (továriščestvo)close friendship in a group of friends
- дру́жба (drúžba)close friendship in a group of friends
- това́рищество (továriščestvo)a spirit of familiarity and closeness
Slovak kamarátstvo
- kamarátstvoclose friendship in a group of friends
Spanish camaradería, camaradería
- camaraderíaclose friendship in a group of friends
- camaraderíaa spirit of familiarity and closeness
Swedish kamratskap
- kamratskapclose friendship in a group of friends
Turkish arkadaşlık
- arkadaşlıkclose friendship in a group of friends
Ukrainian товари́ство, дру́жба
- товари́ство (tovarýstvo)close friendship in a group of friends
- дру́жба (drúžba)close friendship in a group of friends
- прия́тельство (pryjátelʹstvo)close friendship in a group of friends
Vietnamese tình bạn
- tình bạnclose friendship in a group of friends
Cite this entry
camaraderie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camaraderie
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