companhia

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See also: companhiá

Occitan[edit]

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Noun[edit]

companhia f (plural companhias) (Limousin)

  1. company, companionship

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (Brazil, pronunciation spelling) compania

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

 
  • (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[edit]

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[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:companhia.

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