compagnie
Dutch
Etymology
From French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔmpɑnˈji/
Audio (file)
Noun
compagnie f (plural compagnies or compagnieën, diminutive compagnietje n)
- (business) a company, partnership
- (military) a sub-division of a battalion
French
Etymology
From Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō. See also copain, compagnon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ɲi/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: compagnies
Derived terms
Further reading
- “compagnie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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