company
English
/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/, /ˈkʌmpəni/
noun
Definitions
- A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English companye (companionship, a team) derived from Old French compaignie (companionship).
Origin
Old French
compaignie
Gloss
companionship
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kobane English
- biocompany English
- companization English
- companywide English
- discompany English
- intercompany English
- intracompany English
- megacompany English
- noncompany English
- supercompany English
- *compania Latin
- compagnie Dutch, Flemish
- авиакомпания Russian
- гопкомпания Russian
- компа́ния Russian
- カンパ Japanese
- カンパニー Japanese
- kompania Polish
- compaignye Middle English
- companye Middle English
- compaignie Old French
- कंपनी Hindi
- కుంపిణి Telugu
- Co Tagalog
- ကုမ္ပဏီ Burmese
- компания Kazakh
- compaignie Middle French
- কোম্পানী Assamese
- kampuni Swahili
- inkampane Zulu
- компани Mongolian
- Kobanê Northern Kurdish
- kampani Tok Pisin
- kap'aniskaq Yup'ik
- kampanii Fiji Hindi