companya

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

  1. female partner

Etymology 2

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

Noun

companya f (plural companyes)

  1. society, group of people

References

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