companhia

See also: companhiá

Occitan

Alternative forms

• companhiá

Pronunciation

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Noun

companhia f (plural companhias) (Limousin)

1. company, companionship

Derived terms

• en companhia de

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese compannia, from Vulgar Latin *compānia.

Cognate with Galician and Spanish compañía, Catalan companyia, French compagnie, Italian compagnia, Occitan companhiá and Spanish company.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲi.ɐ/ [kõ.pɐ̃ˈj̃i.ɐ], /kõ.pɐˈni.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ̃ˈɲi.ɐ/ [kõ.pɐ̃ˈj̃i.ɐ], /kõ.pɐˈni.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲi.a/, /kõ.pɐˈni.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nhi‧a

Noun

companhia f (plural companhias)

1. company, companionship
2. company (in legal context, a corporation)

   Synonyms: corporação, sociedade

3. company (group of individuals)

   Synonyms: trupe, grupo

4. (military) company

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:companhia.

Related terms

• acompanhar, companheiro