compagnon de voyage meaning

English translation of 'compagne de voyage'

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compagnon de voyage noun

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What does the phrase compagnon de voyage mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the phrase compagnon de voyage . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

How common is the phrase compagnon de voyage ?

How is the phrase compagnon de voyage pronounced, british english, where does the phrase compagnon de voyage come from.

Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the phrase compagnon de voyage is in the mid 1700s.

OED's earliest evidence for compagnon de voyage is from 1768, in the writing of Laurence Sterne, writer and Church of England clergyman.

compagnon de voyage is a borrowing from French.

Nearby entries

• compactness, n. 1646–
• compactor | compacter, n. 1593–
• compactum, n. 1907–
• compacture, n. 1590–1641
• compadre, n. 1834–
• compage, n. 1550–1694
• compages, n. a1638–
• compaginate, adj. 1877–
• compaginate, v. 1648–
• compagination, n. 1646–
• compagnon de voyage, n. 1768–
• compairand, n. a1600
• compame, n. c1405
• companable, adj. a1387–1611
• companableness, n. a1586–1770
• companably, adv. 1483
• companage, n. a1350–
• companation, n. 1582–
• compand, v. 1961–
• companded, adj. 1959–
• compander, n. 1936–

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Meaning & use

Pronunciation, entry history for compagnon de voyage, n..

compagnon de voyage, n. was first published in 1933; not yet revised.

compagnon de voyage, n. was last modified in July 2023.

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Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into compagnon de voyage, n. in July 2023.

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A Supplement to the New English Dictionary (1933)

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