Company in Different Languages
Discover 'Company' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Company
Afrikaans geselskap | ||
Albanian kompani | ||
Amharic ኩባንያ | ||
Arabic شركة | ||
Armenian ընկերություն | ||
Assamese কোম্পানী | ||
Aymara kumpañiya | ||
Azerbaijani şirkət | ||
Bambara cakɛda | ||
Basque konpainia | ||
Belarusian кампанія | ||
Bengali প্রতিষ্ঠান | ||
Bhojpuri कंपनी | ||
Bosnian kompanija | ||
Bulgarian компания | ||
Catalan empresa | ||
Cebuano kompanya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 公司 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 公司 | ||
Corsican cumpagnia | ||
Croatian društvo | ||
Czech společnost | ||
Danish selskab | ||
Dhivehi ކުންފުނި | ||
Dogri साथ | ||
Dutch bedrijf | ||
English company | ||
Esperanto kompanio | ||
Estonian ettevõte | ||
Ewe hã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kumpanya | ||
Finnish yhtiö | ||
French entreprise | ||
Frisian bedriuw | ||
Galician empresa | ||
Georgian კომპანია | ||
German unternehmen | ||
Greek εταιρία | ||
Guarani tembiaporenda | ||
Gujarati કંપની | ||
Haitian Creole konpayi | ||
Hausa kamfanin | ||
Hawaiian hui | ||
Hebrew חֶברָה | ||
Hindi कंपनी | ||
Hmong tuam txhab | ||
Hungarian vállalat | ||
Icelandic fyrirtæki | ||
Igbo ụlọ ọrụ | ||
Ilocano kompania | ||
Indonesian perusahaan | ||
Irish cuideachta | ||
Italian azienda | ||
Japanese 会社 | ||
Javanese perusahaan | ||
Kannada ಕಂಪನಿ | ||
Kazakh компания | ||
Khmer ក្រុមហ៊ុន | ||
Kinyarwanda sosiyete | ||
Konkani कंपनी | ||
Korean 회사 | ||
Krio kɔmni | ||
Kurdish şîrket | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆمپانیا | ||
Kyrgyz компания | ||
Lao ບໍລິສັດ | ||
Latin turba | ||
Latvian uzņēmums | ||
Lingala moninga | ||
Lithuanian bendrovė | ||
Luganda kampane | ||
Luxembourgish firma | ||
Macedonian компанија | ||
Maithili संग | ||
Malagasy orinasa | ||
Malay syarikat | ||
Malayalam കമ്പനി | ||
Maltese kumpanija | ||
Maori kamupene | ||
Marathi कंपनी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯨꯞ ꯃꯄꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo company | ||
Mongolian компани | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကုမ္ပဏီ | ||
Nepali कम्पनी | ||
Norwegian selskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kampani | ||
Odia (Oriya) କମ୍ପାନୀ | ||
Oromo dhaabbata | ||
Pashto شرکت | ||
Persian شرکت | ||
Polish firma | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) companhia | ||
Punjabi ਕੰਪਨੀ | ||
Quechua hatun llamkana | ||
Romanian companie | ||
Russian компания | ||
Samoan kamupani | ||
Sanskrit गोष्ठी | ||
Scots Gaelic chompanaidh | ||
Sepedi khamphani | ||
Serbian компанија | ||
Sesotho khamphani | ||
Shona kambani | ||
Sindhi ڪمپني | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සමාගම | ||
Slovak spoločnosti | ||
Slovenian podjetje | ||
Somali shirkadda | ||
Spanish empresa | ||
Sundanese parusahaan | ||
Swahili kampuni | ||
Swedish företag | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kumpanya | ||
Tajik ширкат | ||
Tamil நிறுவனம் | ||
Tatar компаниясе | ||
Telugu సంస్థ | ||
Thai บริษัท | ||
Tigrinya ድርጅት | ||
Tsonga khamphani | ||
Turkish şirket | ||
Turkmen kompaniýasy | ||
Twi (Akan) adwumakuo | ||
Ukrainian компанії | ||
Urdu کمپنی | ||
Uyghur شىركەت | ||
Uzbek kompaniya | ||
Vietnamese công ty | ||
Welsh cwmni | ||
Xhosa inkampani | ||
Yiddish פירמע | ||
Yoruba ile-iṣẹ | ||
Zulu inkampani |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'geselskap' is cognate with the English 'society' or 'company' and has similar alternate meanings such as 'group' or 'association'. |
| Albanian | The word 'kompani' in Albanian can also refer to a group of people working together or a military unit. |
| Amharic | The word "ኩባንያ" can also refer to a group of people who work together or a collection of things. |
| Arabic | The word "شركة" derives from the Arabic root "شرک" meaning "partnership" or "association". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şirkət" in Azerbaijani comes from the Persian word "Shirkat", meaning "partnership". |
| Basque | In Basque, 'konpainia' can also mean 'gathering' or 'group' |
| Bengali | The word "প্রতিষ্ঠান" can also refer to an institution, organization, or establishment. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "kompanija" can also mean 'group' or 'crew', derived from Italian word 'compagnia'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "компания" can also mean "a group of people who are together for a specific purpose" or "a performance of a piece of music". |
| Catalan | Curiously, 'empresa' means both 'company' and 'project' in Catalan, as it comes from the Latin verb 'praehendere,' which means 'to take possession' |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'kompanya' (company) originated from the Spanish word 'compañía', meaning 'group of people or animals' or 'partnership'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 公司 is a translation of the Japanese word "kabushiki-gaisha" which literally means "joint-stock company". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 公司 in Chinese (Traditional) has a second meaning: to manage or control. |
| Corsican | The word "cumpagnia" is thought to derive from the Latin "compagnonem," meaning "companion," and the Italian "campagnia," meaning "group of people living together or working together." |
| Croatian | Etymology: from Old Church Slavonic *dragu "group of people," from Proto-Slavic *drugъ "companion," from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreugh- "to cheat, to deceive" |
| Czech | Společnost can also mean 'society' or 'community' in Czech. |
| Danish | Originally used in Denmark to refer to a group of people dining together, the word "selskab" in modern Danish also means "company" in the business sense. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "bedrijf" can also refer to a profession, trade, or occupation. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kompanio" originally meant "eating together" and is related to the Latin "com" (with) and "panis" (bread). |
| Estonian | The word "ettevõte" comes from the Old Estonian word "ette", meaning "forward", and "võte", meaning "to take". It originally meant "undertaking" or "project". |
| Finnish | The word "yhtiö" in Finnish stems from the verb "yhtyä," meaning "to join," and signifies a legal entity combining multiple individuals for a common purpose. |
| French | The French word "entreprise" also means "undertaking". |
| Frisian | The word |
| Galician | In Galician, "empresa" has the additional meaning of a task or undertaking, as in the phrase "emprender una empresa" (to undertake a task). |
| Georgian | Derived from the French word "compagnie" meaning "a group of people with a common purpose, interest, or goal". Also refers to a commercial organization. |
| German | The word "Unternehmen" can also refer to a military operation or an undertaking in German. |
| Greek | The Greek word "Εταιρία" (company) derives from "ἑταῖρος" (companion), and originally referred to an informal group of companions or friends. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કંપની" can also refer to a group of people gathered for a specific purpose, such as a group of actors forming a theater company. |
| Haitian Creole | Konpayi derives from "la Compagnie des Indes" and often refers to a group of musicians in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word kamfanin also means 'to gather' or 'to assemble' in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Hui can also mean a club, association, or group of people with a common purpose. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "חֶברָה" can also mean "fellowship" or "society". |
| Hindi | The word 'कंपनी' (company) in Hindi has multiple meanings, including 'group' or 'gathering', and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sāmpratya', meaning 'present' or 'current'. |
| Hmong | The word "tuam txhab" can also refer to a group of people who work together on a project. |
| Hungarian | Etymology: possibly from the verb 'váll' (to undertake, to bear), with the suffix '-alat' (a means of doing something). |
| Icelandic | The word "fyrirtæki" can also mean "business enterprise" or "undertaking." |
| Indonesian | "Perusahaan" comes from the Old Javanese word "prasta", meaning "community" or "society". |
| Irish | Cuideachta derives from the Old Irish word "cóicedácht" meaning "gathering, troop, assembly, company, host or retinue." |
| Italian | "Azienda" also means "farm" and comes from the Latin word "agere", meaning "to do". |
| Japanese | The word "会社" (pronounced "kaisha") is derived from the Chinese word "公司" (pronounced "gōngsī"), which originally meant "an association of people working together for a common purpose." |
| Javanese | The word "perusahaan" is derived from the Javanese word "perusahaan", which originally meant "a group of people who work together". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಕಂಪನಿ" (kampani) is derived from the Portuguese word "companhia", meaning "group" or "association." |
| Kazakh | The word "компания" in Kazakh can also refer to a group of people gathered for a social event. |
| Khmer | It shares its root with a word for 'family. |
| Korean | 회사 is derived from the Chinese word 公司 (gōngsī), which means "common" (공) and "business" (사). It can also refer to a "group of people" or a "social gathering". |
| Kurdish | The word "şîrket" in Kurdish originates from the Persian word "shirkat", which means "partnership" or "association". |
| Kyrgyz | It is derived from the Arabic word "kanpani" and also means "a group of people coming together for a common purpose". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ບໍລິສັດ" has been derived from the Pali word "parisatta", meaning "a great multitude or assembly" and "sadda" meaning "to make a noise". The term has evolved over centuries, and now is often used to refer to a group of people who come together for business purposes. |
| Latin | The word "turba" can also refer to a "crowd", "mob", or "throng" |
| Latvian | The word “uzņēmums” is also used to refer to an enterprise, undertaking or business venture. |
| Lithuanian | The word "bendrovė" is cognate with the German word "band", meaning "tie" or "bond", and refers to a group of people united by a common purpose. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Firma" is derived from the Latin word "firmare", meaning "to make firm" or "to make secure". |
| Macedonian | Компанија can also refer to an acting troupe, an opera group or an orchestra, or to a group of friends who spend time together. |
| Malagasy | The word 'orinasa' may be an abbreviation of 'orinasa orinasa', which means 'company company'. |
| Malay | Derived from Arabic, "syarikat" originally meant "association" or "partnership" and could refer to a group of people or a business enterprise. |
| Malayalam | The word "കമ്പനി" is derived from the Tamil word "கம்பனி" and ultimately from the French word "compagnie", meaning "companionship". |
| Maltese | The word "kumpanija" can also mean "fellowship" or "association" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word 'kamupene' also means 'association' or 'partnership' in Maori, highlighting its relational aspects. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "कंपनी" can also refer to a group of people gathered to perform a task or a commercial establishment. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "компани" can also refer to a military unit or a group of people assembled for a specific purpose. |
| Nepali | The term 'कम्पनी' (company) is derived from the Latin word 'companionus', meaning 'partner, associate'. |
| Norwegian | The word "selskap" is derived from the Old Norse word "selskápr," meaning "fellowship" or "company of people." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Kampani" is also the name for the "Nyanja Bible Society," a Malawian religious organization. |
| Pashto | The word "شرکت" in Pashto can also refer to a "partnership" or "association". |
| Persian | شرکت is a derivative of the Arabic word "sharik" meaning "partner" and in Persian is used both in its original sense and to mean "company". |
| Polish | The word _firma_ is also used to refer to the signature of a person, or the name or logo that represents a business. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Companhia" can also mean "fellowship" or "accompaniment" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕੰਪਨੀ" in Punjabi can also refer to a group of people who gather for a specific purpose or activity. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "companie" can also refer to a theater troupe or a military unit, both stemming from the French word "compagnie" with the same meanings. |
| Russian | The Russian word "компания" (company) originates from the French word "compagnie", which means "society" or "association". |
| Samoan | The word 'kamupani' is derived from the English word 'company'. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Chompanaidh" derives from the Proto-Celtic "kom-bandyo" meaning "band of people." |
| Serbian | The word "компáнија" derives from the Latin "компани́ја" or Italian "компáгнија", and originally had the meaning of a group of people traveling together for trade purposes. |
| Sesotho | The word 'khamphani' in Sesotho is derived from the Dutch word 'compagnie' and also has the alternate meaning of 'troop'. |
| Shona | The word 'kambani' is derived from the pre-colonial Shona term 'kumupani', which referred to a group of people sharing tasks and resources. |
| Sindhi | ڪمپني is derived from the Persian word 'kampan' meaning a group of people or an organization. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Old Sinhala, "සමාගම" also referred to a "union of people for a specific purpose". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "spoločnosti" is derived from the Old Slavic word "soplěština", meaning "community" or "fellowship". |
| Slovenian | The word 'podjetje' comes from the Slovene verb 'podjeti', which means 'to undertake'. |
| Somali | "Shirkadda" derives from the Arabic word "sharikah", meaning "partnership" or "association". |
| Spanish | The word "empresa" derives from the Latin "in" and "prehendo," meaning "to undertake" or "to seize." |
| Sundanese | The word 'parusahaan' likely originates from the Sanskrit word 'pari' (group) and 'sahana' (help) |
| Swahili | - "Kampuni", a loanword from English, is a term in Swahili that may also refer to a specific business establishment, as opposed to the more general term "biashara". |
| Swedish | "Företag" derives from "före", meaning "before" or "ahead" and "tag", meaning "to take" or "to capture". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "kumpanya" in Tagalog can also refer to a group of individuals who work together, a band or troupe of performers, or an organization or association. |
| Tajik | The word “ширкат” comes from the Arabic word “sharik”, meaning “partner”. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "நிறுவனம்" (company) also means "establishment, endowment, or organization" in other contexts. |
| Telugu | "సంస్థ" can also mean a group of people or an organization. |
| Thai | The word "บริษัท" in Thai originally meant "a group of people who come together to do something," and can still be used in this sense today. |
| Turkish | The word "şirket" can also refer to a partnership or a syndicate. |
| Ukrainian | The word "компанії" can also refer to a group of people sharing a common purpose or to a military unit. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word “کمپنی” ultimately comes from the Italian word “compagnia,” meaning “association” or “partnership”. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "kompaniya" can also refer to a group of people assembled for a specific purpose, such as a team or a delegation. |
| Vietnamese | Công ty in Vietnamese also means công việc (job) or động tác (action), but it is usually used to refer to a company. |
| Welsh | Cwmni is also a noun that means "a valley" in Welsh, cognate with the English "combe" and "coomb". |
| Xhosa | The word "inkampani" can also mean "a group of people who work together" or "a group of people who have a common goal". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'פירמע' (firme) comes from the German word 'Firma', meaning both 'company' and 'signature', from the Late Latin 'firma', also meaning 'signature'. |
| Yoruba | In Old Yoruba, "ile-iṣẹ" originally meant "the house of occupation," as in a home-based craft business. |
| Zulu | The term 'inkampani' originates from the word 'kampeni', meaning 'a military camp'. |
| English | The word 'company' originates from the Latin word 'compagnia', meaning 'a group of people united for a common purpose'. |