companya

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈpa.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [komˈpa.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [komˈpa.ɲa]

Etymology 1

Feminized version of company (“mate, partner”).

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

1. female partner

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *compānia, a collective noun based on Late Latin compāniō (“comrade”).

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

1. society, group of people

References

• “companya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.