camaraderie

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camaraderie

  • /ˌkæməˈɹɑːdəɹi/ UK
  • /ˌkæməˈɹædəɹi/ UK
  • /ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/ US
  • /ˌkæm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/ US

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Unadapted borrowing from French camaraderie.

Recent American pronunciations such as /ˌkɑməˈɹɑdəɹi/ and /ˌkɑmˈɹɑdəɹi/ are influenced by the cognate comrade.

noun camaraderies

  1. countable, uncountable A 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.

    Similar: comradery, comradeship, comradeliness, chumminess, team spirit

  2. countable, uncountable A 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: good fellowship, comradeship, fellowship, companionship, friendship, amity, partnership, collegiality, bonhomie, bonding, friendhood, crew, confraternity, mateship, brolationship, fraternality

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noun close friendship in a group of friends

Españolcamaradería
한국어우정 ujeong
日本語友情 yūjō
中文友情 yǒuqíng, 友誼 /友谊 yǒuyì
हिन्दीसौहार्द sauhārd, समिति samiti
Portuguêscamaradagem, camaradaria
Françaiscamaraderie
DeutschKameradschaft
Italianocameratismo
Ελληνικάσυναδελφικότητα synadelfikótita, συντροφικότητα syntrofikótita
Românăcamaraderie
Русскийтова́рищество továriščestvo, дру́жба drúžba
Tiếng Việttình bạn
العربيةصَدَاقَة ṣadāqa
עבריתרֵעוּת re'út

noun a spirit of familiarity and closeness

Españolcamaradería
中文友誼 /友谊 yǒuyì
Portuguêscamaradagem, camaradaria
Françaiscamaraderie
Ελληνικάσυναδελφικότητα synadelfikótita
Русскийтова́рищество továriščestvo

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"camaraderie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/camaraderie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{camaraderie_2026,
  title = {camaraderie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camaraderie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}