companya

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈpa.ɲə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [komˈpa.ɲə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [komˈpa.ɲa]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

female partner

Etymology 2

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

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

society, group of people

References

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

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