companionate

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another. historical
  2. Friendly, companionable.
  3. Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
    — Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection.

词形变化

more companionate comparative most companionate superlative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
English companion
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English companionate
From companion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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