companhia
See also: companhiá
Occitan
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- (Brazil, pronunciation spelling) compania
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese compannia, from Vulgar Latin *compānia.
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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.pɐˈɲi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nhi‧a
Noun
companhia f (plural companhias)
- company, companionship
- companion
- Synonyms: acompanhante, companheiro
- (law, business) company
- Synonyms: corporação, sociedade
- company (group of individuals)
- society (a union for a common purpose)
- (military) company
- (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
Related terms
Further reading
- “companhia” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “companhia” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “companhia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “companhia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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