companye
Middle English
/kumpaˈniː(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A company, band, small group, or team of people; mainly in the following senses:
- An informal group of people; especially guests or visitors.
- accompaniment, company, companionship; having companions.
- camaraderie, friendliness.
- copulation; sexual activity or intercourse.
- A group or mass of animals.
- linkedness, connection, similarity, likeness
- (rare) A large quantity of objects or things.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- biocompany English
- companization English
- company English
- companywide English
- discompany English
- intercompany English
- intracompany English
- megacompany English
- noncompany English
- supercompany English
- *compania Latin
- compagnie Dutch, Flemish
- компа́ния Russian
- カンパニー Japanese
- compaignye Middle English
- compaignie Old French
- कंपनी Hindi
- కుంపిణి Telugu
- Co Tagalog
- ကုမ္ပဏီ Burmese
- compaignie Middle French
- কোম্পানী Assamese
- kampuni Swahili
- inkampane Zulu
- kampani Tok Pisin
- kap'aniskaq Yup'ik
- kampanii Fiji Hindi