different between camaraderie vs backslapper

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French camaraderie, from Spanish camarada, from cámara (“bedroom”), from Latin camera (“a chamber”); see chamber. Literally “one with whom one shares one’s bedroom”. Recent American pronunciations such as /?k?m????d??i/ and /?k?m???d??i/ are influenced by the cognate comrade.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?m????d??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæm?????d??i/

Noun

camaraderie (countable and uncountable, plural camaraderies)

1. Close friendship in a group of friends or teammates.
2. A spirit of familiarity and closeness
   • 1838, Caulincourt, Napoleon and his Times, Volume 1, page 175:

     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.

Synonyms

• chumminess
• comradery
• comradeship
• comradeliness
• team spirit

Translations

French

Etymology

From camarade (from Spanish camarada (“roommate”), from cámara (“bedroom”), from Latin camera (“room”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kamára, “vaulted chamber”)) +? -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ma.?a.d?i/

Noun

camaraderie f (plural camaraderies)

1. camaraderie

Further reading

• “camaraderie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French camaraderie.

Noun

camaraderie f (plural camaraderii)

1. camaraderie

Declension

English

Etymology

backslap +? -er

Noun

backslapper (plural backslappers)

1. One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.

Usage notes

Often used at least mildly pejoratively.

Synonyms

• sycophant (always pejorative)

Translations