different between companion vs rival

English

Etymology

From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin comp?ni?n- (nominative singular comp?ni?, whence French copain), from com- +? p?nis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaib? (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ????? (?nker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ?ef?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pænj?n/
• Hyphenation: com?pan?ion

Noun

companion (plural companions)

1. A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone

     For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.

2. (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
3. (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
4. (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
5. (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
6. (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
7. (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.

8. (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
9. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

10. (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, III. i. 111:

      and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion,

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:friend

Derived terms

Related terms

• accompany, accompanying
• company

Translations

Verb

companion (third-person singular simple present companions, present participle companioning, simple past and past participle companioned)

1. (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
   • 1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts

     we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .

2. (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Romanian

Etymology

From French compagnon.

Noun

companion m (plural companioni)

1. companion

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin r?v?lis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from r?vus (“small stream, brook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?v?l/
• Rhymes: -a?v?l

Noun

rival (plural rivals)

1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

3. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Hyponyms

• rivaless

Derived terms

• rivaless
• rivalry
• archrival, arch-rival

Related terms

• rivulet

Translations

Adjective

rival (not comparable)

1. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

   rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions

Translations

Verb

rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle rivalling or rivaling, simple past and past participle rivalled or rivaled)

1. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.

   to rival somebody in love

2. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
3. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

   • to rival thunder in its rapid course

Translations

Anagrams

• Avril, arvil, viral

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ri?val/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ri?bal/

Adjective

rival (masculine and feminine plural rivals)

1. rival

Derived terms

• rivalitzar

Related terms

• rivalitat

Noun

rival m or f (plural rivals)

1. rival

Further reading

• “rival” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rival” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rival” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rival” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?v?lis, literally ‘person using the same stream as another’, from r?vus (“small stream, brook”). Unrelated to rive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.val/

Adjective

rival (feminine singular rivale, masculine plural rivaux, feminine plural rivales)

1. rival (attributively)

Noun

rival m (plural rivaux, feminine rivale)

1. rival

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: rival

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• avril, livra, viral

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?i?va?l]
• Hyphenation: ri?val

Adjective

rival (not comparable)

1. (economics, of a good) rivalrous
   • 2012, Michael Goldhammer, Geistiges Eigentum und Eigentumstheorie, Mohr Siebeck, page 196:

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French rival (“rival”), from Latin r?v?lis (“of or pertaining to a brook”), from r?vus (“brook; channel”), from Proto-Italic *r?wos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?riH-wó-s, from *h?reyH- (“to move, flow”).

Noun

rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivaler, definite plural rivalene)

1. a rival

Derived terms

• erkerival

References

• “rival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin rivalis, via French rival

Noun

rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivalar, definite plural rivalane)

1. a rival

Derived terms

• erkerival

References

• “rival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

rival m, f (plural rivais)

1. rival (competitor with the same objective)

   Synonyms: adversário, oponente

Adjective

rival m or f (plural rivais, comparable)

1. rival (standing in competition)

Related terms

• rio

Romanian

Etymology

From French rival, from Latin rivalis.

Noun

rival m (plural rivali)

1. rival

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??a?l/
• Hyphenation: ri?val

Noun

rìv?l m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. rival, adversary

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin r?v?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?bal/, [ri???al]

Adjective

rival (plural rivales)

1. adverse, rival

Noun

rival m or f (plural rivales)

1. rival

   Synonyms: adversario, antagonista, competidor, contrario, oponente

Derived terms

• archirrival

Related terms

• rivalidad
• rivalizar

Further reading

• “rival” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin rivalis, via French rival.

Pronunciation

Noun

rival c

1. rival

Declension

Anagrams

• vilar