copain
Appearance
French
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- Inherited from Old French compaing, compain m, from Late Latin compāniō m (nominative form) (compare also Italian compagno m), from com- + pānis m, literally “with-bread”, a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a translation of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from *hlaib m (“loaf, bread”). See also compagnon m, from the accusative form of the same Late Latin term compāniōnem, whence English companion.
- The sense of 'boyfriend' is by ellipsis of petit copain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɔ.pɛ̃/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]copain m (plural copains, feminine copine)
- (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, les copains.
- 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 and friends.
- Lorsque les copains 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 the friends 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.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Ellipsis of petit copain.: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- copine f
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]- amitié f
Further reading
[edit]- “copain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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