🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

compagnon de voyage

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃ də vwa.jaʒ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Travelling companion/ˈtræv.əl.ɪŋ kəmˈpæn.jən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il est parti en vacances avec son meilleur ami comme compagnon de voyage."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who goes on a journey or travels with another or others.

    "She found an ideal travelling companion for her three-month backpacking trip across Europe."
  2. 2

    An item, pet, or guide designed to accompany someone on a trip.

    "His electronic phrasebook became his most reliable travelling companion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'travel' (from Old French 'travailler', originally meaning to toil or labor) combined with 'companion' (from Late Latin 'companio', literally one who shares bread, from 'com-' together + 'panis' bread). The compound has been used in English since the 18th century to describe someone journeying alongside another.

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🇫🇷French → English

compagnon de voyage

Transliteration: kɔ̃.pa.ɲɔ̃ də vwa.jaʒ

"Il est parti en vacances avec son meilleur ami comme compagnon de voyage."

🇩🇪German → English

Reisebegleiter

Transliteration: /ˈʁaɪ̯zəbəˌɡlaɪ̯tɐ/

"Sie suchte nach einem zuverlässigen Reisebegleiter für ihre Asientour."

🇮🇹Italian → English

compagno di viaggio

Transliteration: /komˈpaɲ.ɲo di ˈvjaʤ.ʤo/

"Ho trovato un ottimo compagno di viaggio per esplorare la montagna."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

compañero de viaje

Transliteration: /kom.paˈɲe.ɾo ðe ˈβja.xe/

"Un buen compañero de viaje hace que la aventura sea inolvidable."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

companheiro de viagem

Transliteration: /kõ.paˈɲe.ɾu dʒi viˈa.ʒẽj̃/

"Ele é o meu companheiro de viagem favorito."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

सफ़र का साथी

Transliteration: safar ka sathi

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"लंबी यात्रा में एक अच्छा सफर का साथी बहुत जरूरी है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

同行者

Transliteration: tóng xíng zhě

Script: 中文汉字

"他在旅途中遇到了一位志同道合的同行者。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

여행 동반자

Transliteration: yeohaeng dongbanja

Script: 한국어 한글

"우리는 오랜 시간 동안 여행 동반자로 지내왔습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

旅連れ

Transliteration: tabizure

Script: 日本語

"彼は世界一周の旅連れを探している。"

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