different between membership vs camaraderie

English

Etymology

From member +? -ship.

Pronunciation

Noun

membership (countable and uncountable, plural memberships)

1. The state of being a member of a group or organization.

   The terms of membership agreement were vague.

   He has memberships in clubs in three cities.

2. The body of members of an organization.

   The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.

3. (mathematics) The fact of being a member of a set.

Derived terms

• membership card
• membership function

Translations

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