company – Wiktionary

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company

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Alternative forms

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companieobsolete)

Etymology

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From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)

Synonyms

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(

in legal context, a corporation

)

:

corporation
(

group of individuals with a common purpose

)

:

associationcompanionshipfellowshiporganizationsociety
(

companionship

)

:

fellowshipfriendshipmateship

Hyponyms

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Descendants

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→

Hindi: कंपनी

(

kampnī

)
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Malay: kompeni
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Scottish Gaelic: companaidh
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Swahili: kampuni

Translations

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in non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation

Afrikaans: maatskappy(af)
Arabic: شَرِكَة
f

(

šarika

)

Egyptian Arabic: شركة

f

(

širka

)
Belarusian: кампа́нія
f

(

kampánija

)

, фі́рма

f

(

fírma

)
Bulgarian: компа́ния(bg)
f

(

kompánija

)

, фи́рма(bg)

f

(

fírma

)
Chichewa: kampani
Chinese:

Mandarin: 企業(zh)企业(zh)

(

qǐyè

)
Dutch: maatschappij(nl)
Finnish: yritys(fi)liike(fi)firma(fi)
Greek:

Ancient: ἐργασία

f

(

ergasía

)
Greenlandic: suliffeqarfik
Hungarian: társaság(hu)
Irish: comhlacht
m

Japanese: 企業(ja)
(

きぎょう, kigyō

)
Kazakh: кәсіпорын
(

käsıporyn

)
Korean: 기업(企業)(ko)
(

gieop

)
Macedonian: фирма
f

(

firma

)

, претпријатие

n

(

pretprijatie

)
Norwegian: firma(no)
n
Portuguese: companhia(pt)
f

, empresa(pt)

f
Russian: компа́ния(ru)
f

(

kompánija

)

, фи́рма(ru)

f

(

fírma

)

, о́бщество(ru)

n

(

óbščestvo

)

, това́рищество(ru)

n

(

továriščestvo

)
Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
f

, companaidh

m or f
Swahili: kampuni(sw)
Swedish: företag(sv)firma(sv)
Turkish: firma(tr)
Ukrainian: компа́нія(uk)
f

(

kompánija

)

, фі́рма

f

(

fírma

)

group of individuals with a common purpose

Afrikaans: geselskap
Belarusian: кампа́нія
f

(

kampánija

)

, тавары́ства

n

(

tavarýstva

)
Bulgarian: компа́ния(bg)
f

(

kompánija

)

, о́бщество(bg)

n

(

óbštestvo

)
Catalan: companyia(ca)
f
Czech: společnost(cs)
Dutch: gezelschap(nl)
n
Esperanto: kunularo
Estonian: kompanii(et)
Finnish: ryhmä(fi)
French: compagnie(fr)
f
Galician: compaña(gl)
f
German: Gesellschaft(de)
f
Greek: συντροφιά(el)
f

(

syntrofiá

)

Ancient: ὁμιλία

f

(

homilía

)
Hungarian: társulat(hu)

Interlingua: compania
Irish: comhlacht
m
Latin: coetus
m
Macedonian: друштво
n

(

društvo

)

, дружина

f

(

družina

)
Old Norse: sveit
f pl
Portuguese: companhia(pt)
f
Romanian: companie(ro)
f
Russian: компа́ния(ru)
f

(

kompánija

)

, о́бщество(ru)

n

(

óbščestvo

)

, това́рищество(ru)

n

(

továriščestvo

)
Sanskrit: पटल(sa)
n

(

paṭala

)
Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
f
Spanish: compañía(es)
f
Swahili: kampuni(sw)
Ukrainian: товари́ство(uk)
n

(

tovarýstvo

)

, компа́нія(uk)

f

(

kompánija

)
Welsh: criw(cy)
m

social visitors

Afrikaans: besoek(af)besoekers
Belarusian: тавары́ства
n

(

tavarýstva

)

, го́сці

m pl

(

hósci

)
Bulgarian: го́сти(bg)
m pl

(

gósti

)
Czech: společnost(cs)
f
Dutch: bezoek(nl)
n

, bezoekers(nl)

pl
Estonian: seltskond
Finnish: vieraat(fi)
pl
French: compagnie(fr)
f
German: Besuch(de)
m

, Besucher(de)

m pl
Hungarian: társaság(hu)

Indonesian: besuk(id)
Japanese: 訪問者
(

ほうもんしゃ, hōmonsha

)
Korean: 방문자(訪問者)(ko)
(

bangmunja

)
Macedonian: друштво
n

(

društvo

)
Polish: gościeasysta(pl)
f
Portuguese: visita(pt)
f
Russian: компа́ния(ru)
f

(

kompánija

)

, го́сти(ru)

m pl

(

gósti

)
Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
f
Ukrainian: товари́ство(uk)
n

(

tovarýstvo

)

, го́сті

m pl

(

hósti

)

companionship

Afrikaans: geselskap
Arabic: رِفْقَة
f

(

rifqa

)
Belarusian: кампа́нія
f

(

kampánija

)

, тавары́ства

n

(

tavarýstva

)
Bulgarian: компа́ния(bg)
f

(

kompánija

)
Catalan: companyia(ca)
f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 同伴(zh)

(

tóngbàn

)
Dutch: gezelschap(nl)
n
Finnish: kumppanuus(fi)
French: compagnie(fr)
f
Galician: compañía(gl)
f

, compaña(gl)

f
German: Gesellschaft(de)
f
Greek: συντροφικότητα(el)
f

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syntrofikótita

)

, παρέα(el)

f

(

paréa

)

, φιλία(el)

f

(

filía

)

Ancient Greek: ὁμιλία

f

(

homilía

)
Hungarian: társaság(hu)
Interlingua: compania

Irish: cumann
m
Japanese: 仲間(ja)
(

なかま, nakama

)
Korean: 동료(同僚)(ko)
(

dongnyo

)
Macedonian: друштво
n

(

društvo

)
Malay: teman(ms)
Polish: towarzystwo(pl)
n

, asysta(pl)

f

, asystencja

f

(

archaic

)
Portuguese: companhia(pt)
f
Russian: компа́ния(ru)
f

(

kompánija

)

, о́бщество(ru)

n

(

óbščestvo

)
Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дру́штво

n

Roman: drúštvo(sh)

n
Spanish: compañía(es)
Swahili: kampuni(sw)
Swedish: sällskap(sv)
n
Ukrainian: товари́ство(uk)
n

(

tovarýstvo

)

, компа́нія(uk)

f

(

kompánija

)
Westrobothnian: fåli
n

unit of firefighters and their equipment

Finnish: palokunta(fi)
Japanese: 消防隊
(

しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai

)

Polish: kompania(pl)
f
Ukrainian: ла́нка(uk)
f

(

lánka

)

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Indonesian: (please verify) perusahaan(id)

Verb

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company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)

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Etymology

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From Late Latin compāniō, from Latin cum + pānis (“bread”). This form was inherited from the Latin nominative while the variant companyó came from the accusative compāniōnem[1].

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Noun

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company m (plural companys, feminine companya)

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