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camaraderie

UK/ˌkæməˈɹɑːdəɹi/US/ˌkɑm(ə)ˈɹɑdəɹi/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,376 of 15,258neutral

Camaraderie is the warm trust between people who share hard work. A sense of camaraderie, the camaraderie of the crew, miss the camaraderie.

It comes from doing something difficult together rather than from liking each other, which is why people miss it more than they expect after leaving a job. The word is French and is spelled with an a in the middle, not an o.

Definitions of camaraderie

  1. 1nouncamaraderieThe warm trust between people who share hard work.C1

    “The soldiers' camaraderie helped them survive the long winter at the front.”

camaraderie is a warmth.

Where it comes from

French camaraderie comes from camarade, a comrade, from Spanish camarada, a roommate.

  1. French

    camaraderie

  2. English, today

    camaraderie

French camaraderie. Recent American pronunciations such as and are influenced by the cognate comrade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

camaraderie in the wild

  • As with other hobbyist gatherings, much camaraderie and discussion of various aspects of the hobby occurs at any star party.

    Star party

  • The label was founded in 1996 and has enjoyed a streak of success in its releases, talent scouting, radio efforts, and general international label camaraderie ever since.

    Drumcode Records

  • Many mall walkers cite the camaraderie of walking in groups.

    Mall walking

  • The 10 footers are beautiful boats with a strong sense of camaraderie among the crews, who are reliving the sailing events of the past.

    Historical 10 foot skiffs

  • Population has increased and an Opera House was built there, but it was very small, but people of the little community liked of the leisure and camaraderie.

    Jack Creek, Nevada

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.