compagnie

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch compangie, borrowed from Old French compagnie, derived in turn from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō, from Latin cum (“with”) + pānis (“bread”). See also compagnon and kompaan.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔm.pɑnˈji/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: com‧pag‧nie
Rhymes: -i

Noun edit

compagnie f (plural compagnies or compagnieën, diminutive compagnietje n)

(business) a company, partnership [From 1578]
(military) a sub-division of a battalion [From 1592]

Derived terms edit

- in toponyms:

Descendants edit

Negerhollands: kompanie
Petjo: compies, kompeni, kompenie
→ Caribbean Javanese: kompeni
→ Indonesian: kompeni (“Dutch East India Company, Dutch colonial government”)
→ Indonesian: kompi (“company (millitary)”)
→ Hokkien: 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe)

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French compaignie, from Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō, from Latin cum + pānis (“bread”). See also copain, compagnon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ni/, /kɔ̃.pa.ɲi/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: compagnies

Noun edit

compagnie f (plural compagnies)

company
Synonym: (abbreviation) cie

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Dutch: compagnie
- Negerhollands: kompanie
- Petjo: compies, kompeni, kompenie
- → Caribbean Javanese: kompeni
- → Indonesian: kompeni (“Dutch East India Company, Dutch colonial government”)
- → Indonesian: kompi (“company (millitary)”)
- → Hokkien: 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe)
→ Romanian: companie

Further reading edit

“compagnie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian edit

Noun edit

compagnie f

plural of compagnia

Anagrams edit

compagine, compiange

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