companhia

See also: companhiá

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Gascony) IPA(key): /kumˈpaɲo/
  • Audio (Gascony):(file)

Noun

companhia f (plural companhias) (Limousin)

  1. company, companionship

Derived terms

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From companha +‎ -ia, from Vulgar Latin *compānia.[1][2]

Noun

companhia f (plural companhias)

  1. companion

Descendants

  • Galician: compañía
  • Portuguese: companhia

References

  1. ^ “companhia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “companhia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese companhia.

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nhi‧a

Noun

companhia f (plural companhias)

  1. company, companionship
  2. companion
    Synonyms: acompanhante, companheiro
  3. (law, business) company
    Synonyms: corporação, sociedade
  4. company (group of individuals)
    Synonyms: trupe, grupo
  5. society (a union for a common purpose)
  6. (military) company
  7. (Brazil, historical) a militar unity of the bandeirantes
    Synonym: bandeira

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:companhia.

Derived terms

  • cão de companhia
  • companhia aberta
  • companhia aérea
  • Companhia das Índias
  • Companhia de Jesus
  • companhia de seguros
  • companhia de teatro
  • companhia discográfica
  • companhia livre
  • dama de companhia
  • fazer companhia

Further reading

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