company

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
2. (countable, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
3. (countable, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
4. (countable, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
5. (countable, informal, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
6. (countable, uncountable) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
7. (countable, uncountable) A small group of birds or animals.
8. (countable, uncountable) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
10. (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
11. (uncountable) Companionship.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

firm

corporation

party

🥳

group

association

society

business

enterprise

band

assembly

crowd

gang

fellowship

companion

establishment

companionship

multitude

team

troupe

partnership

crew

flock

concern

set

family

👪

collection

accompany

partner

troop

gathering

herd

body

platoon

presence

covey

battery

🔋

swarm

associate

venture

cluster

incorporation

coterie

public

squad

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

followers

circle

⭕

friends

ensemble

keep company

Translations

compagnie

compañía

Gesellschaft

compagnia

Firma

companhia

société

entreprise

Unternehmen

empresa

bedrijf

شركة

companyia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: companye

Cognate with Old French: compaignie

Cognate with Old French: compaignon

In summary

From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.