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compadre

英 [kɒm'pɑːdreɪ]美 [kəm'pɑdre]

n. 朋友；密友

中文词源

compadre 老兄

com-, 强调。-padre, 父亲，词源同father. 原用于宗教义，教父，后用于口语，老兄。比较gossip.

英文词源

compadre (n.): "companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com- "with" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, also gossip (n.).