corporatie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English corporation or directly from French corporation, further derived from Late Latin corporātiō (“becoming a single body”), derived in turn from Latin corporō (“to make into a single body”), derived from corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔr.poːˈraː.tsi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cor‧po‧ra‧tie

Noun

corporatie f (plural corporaties, diminutive corporatietje n)

  1. corporation. [From 1647]
  2. society, association, especially an entity founded to pursue a common goal or to work for the common good. [From 1647]

Derived terms
  • corporatief
  • corporatiesector
  • corporatiewoning
  • doelcorporatie
  • incorporatie
  • woningbouwcorporatie
  • woningcorporatie
  • wooncorporatie
  • zendingscorporatie

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: korporasi
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