Afrikaans korporatiewe | ||
Albanian të korporatave | ||
Amharic ኮርፖሬት | ||
Arabic الشركات | ||
Armenian կորպորատիվ | ||
Assamese কৰ্পৰেট | ||
Aymara corporativo ukanakampi | ||
Azerbaijani korporativ | ||
Bambara tɔnba dɔw | ||
Basque korporatiboa | ||
Belarusian карпаратыўны | ||
Bengali কর্পোরেট | ||
Bhojpuri कॉरपोरेट के बा | ||
Bosnian korporativni | ||
Bulgarian корпоративна | ||
Catalan corporatiu | ||
Cebuano corporate | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 企业的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 企業的 | ||
Corsican corporativu | ||
Croatian korporativni | ||
Czech firemní | ||
Danish corporate | ||
Dhivehi ކޯޕަރޭޓް | ||
Dogri कारपोरेट दा | ||
Dutch zakelijk | ||
English corporate | ||
Esperanto kompania | ||
Estonian korporatiivne | ||
Ewe dɔwɔƒe gã aɖe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) korporasyon | ||
Finnish yritys | ||
French entreprise | ||
Frisian bedriuw | ||
Galician corporativo | ||
Georgian კორპორატიული | ||
German unternehmen | ||
Greek εταιρικός | ||
Guarani corporativo rehegua | ||
Gujarati કોર્પોરેટ | ||
Haitian Creole antrepriz | ||
Hausa kamfanoni | ||
Hawaiian hui kālepa | ||
Hebrew ארגוני | ||
Hindi कॉर्पोरेट | ||
Hmong neeg | ||
Hungarian társasági | ||
Icelandic sameiginlegur | ||
Igbo ụlọ ọrụ | ||
Ilocano korporado ti korporasion | ||
Indonesian perusahaan | ||
Irish corparáideach | ||
Italian aziendale | ||
Japanese 企業 | ||
Javanese perusahaan | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಪೊರೇಟ್ | ||
Kazakh корпоративті | ||
Khmer សហការ | ||
Kinyarwanda isosiyete | ||
Konkani कॉर्पोरेट अशें म्हण्टात | ||
Korean 기업 | ||
Krio kɔpɔt | ||
Kurdish pargîdanî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆمپانیاکان | ||
Kyrgyz корпоративдик | ||
Lao ບໍລິສັດ | ||
Latin corporatum | ||
Latvian korporatīvais | ||
Lingala ya bakompanyi | ||
Lithuanian korporacinis | ||
Luganda eby’ebitongole | ||
Luxembourgish korporativ | ||
Macedonian корпоративно | ||
Maithili कॉर्पोरेट | ||
Malagasy orinasa | ||
Malay korporat | ||
Malayalam കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് | ||
Maltese korporattiva | ||
Maori umanga | ||
Marathi कॉर्पोरेट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯣꯔꯄꯣꯔꯦꯠ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo corporate lam a ni | ||
Mongolian корпорацийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကော်ပိုရိတ် | ||
Nepali कर्पोरेट | ||
Norwegian bedriftens | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) makampani | ||
Odia (Oriya) କର୍ପୋରେଟ୍ | ||
Oromo dhaabbataa | ||
Pashto کارپوریټ | ||
Persian شرکت های بزرگ، دارای شخصیت حقوقی | ||
Polish zbiorowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) corporativo | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਟ | ||
Quechua corporativo nisqa | ||
Romanian corporativ | ||
Russian корпоративный | ||
Samoan faʻapotopotoga | ||
Sanskrit निगमीय | ||
Scots Gaelic corporra | ||
Sepedi ya dikhamphani | ||
Serbian корпоративни | ||
Sesotho khampani | ||
Shona yemubatanidzwa | ||
Sindhi ڪارپوريٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආයතනික | ||
Slovak firemné | ||
Slovenian podjetja | ||
Somali shirkad | ||
Spanish corporativo | ||
Sundanese perusahaan | ||
Swahili ushirika | ||
Swedish företags- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) corporate | ||
Tajik корпоративӣ | ||
Tamil பெருநிறுவன | ||
Tatar корпоратив | ||
Telugu కార్పొరేట్ | ||
Thai องค์กร | ||
Tigrinya ናይ ትካል | ||
Tsonga swa mabindzu | ||
Turkish kurumsal | ||
Turkmen korporatiw | ||
Twi (Akan) nnwumakuw a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ | ||
Ukrainian корпоративні | ||
Urdu کارپوریٹ | ||
Uyghur كارخانا | ||
Uzbek korporativ | ||
Vietnamese công ty | ||
Welsh corfforaethol | ||
Xhosa indibaniselwano | ||
Yiddish פֿירמע | ||
Yoruba ajọ | ||
Zulu inkampani |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'korporatiewe' can also refer to a group of people who work together for a specific purpose. |
| Albanian | The word "të korporatave" in Albanian comes from the Latin word "corpus", meaning "body", and refers to a group of people or organizations acting as a single entity. |
| Arabic | الشركات (corporate) in Arabic is derived from the root |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "կորպորատիվ" is derived from the Latin word "corpus," which means "body" or "group," and is related to the concept of a corporation as a legal entity. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "korporativ" also means "collective" or "joint". |
| Basque | The word 'korporatiboa' in Basque is also used to refer to a 'group of people', or an 'entity' that has a distinct legal personality. |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit origin of "কর্পোরেট" (karporeṭ) means "embodied" or "given a physical form," also implying a group of people acting as one. |
| Bosnian | The word “korporativni” in Bosnian can also mean “of or relating to a corporation” or “associated with a group of people who share a common interest”. |
| Bulgarian | Корпоративна can also mean "collective" or "group" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "corporatiu" in Catalan can also mean "body" or "association". |
| Cebuano | The term 'corporate' in Cebuano specifically connotes a formal organization rather than one focused on profit. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "企业的"也可指企业化、企业单位、企业精神等。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「企業的」本指企業經營,後來也用於形容追求利益最大化的商業活動。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "corporativu" can also refer to a group of individuals united by common interests or a legal entity representing such a group. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "korporativni" also means "collective" or "relating to a corporation". |
| Czech | The word "firemní" can also mean "branded" or "company-owned". |
| Danish | In Danish, "corporate" also means corpulent or obese. |
| Dutch | Zakelijk can also mean 'objective', or 'businesslike'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kompania" is derived from the French "compagnie", which can also mean "theatre troupe" or "military unit". |
| Estonian | Korporatiivne is also used in the informal sense "collective", describing a group of people associated in some way, e.g. a political or interest group. |
| Finnish | The word can also refer to an attempt or endeavor in Finnish language. |
| French | In French, the word "entreprise" can also refer to an "undertaking" or "endeavor." |
| Frisian | "Bedriuw" comes from "bedrîf", which means "work" or "business" in Old Frisian. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "კორპორატიული" is derived from the Latin word "corpus," meaning "body," and also refers to a legal entity or group of individuals collectively. |
| German | In German, the word "Unternehmen" can also refer to a business venture or a military operation. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, εταιρικός (hetairikos) originally meant "of or belonging to a group of friends". |
| Gujarati | Gujarati word "કોર્પોરેટ" (corporate) is derived from the Latin word "corpus" meaning "body", referring to a group of people united for a specific purpose. |
| Haitian Creole | "Antreprinè" an Haitian Creole has the alternate meaning "undertaker". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "kamfani" is a loanword from English "company", but it can also refer to a military battalion or a group of people gathered for a specific purpose. |
| Hawaiian | Hui kālepa, a Hawaiian phrase meaning corporation or corporate entities, is also used to describe collective groups of persons acting together for some purpose |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "ארגוני" is also an acronym, meaning "אדם רואה גדול נפשו" (a person sees great things in his mind). |
| Hindi | The word 'कॉर्पोरेट' can also refer to a group of people united for a specific purpose, often legal or commercial. |
| Hmong | The word 'neeg' can also be used to refer to a person's relatives or family members. |
| Hungarian | 'Társasági' in Hungarian can also refer to a 'social' or 'sociable' gathering, or to 'companionability'. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sameiginlegur" is composed of the words "sameigin" (common) and "legur" (laying) and carries the connotation of "something laid out in common". |
| Indonesian | Perusahaan derives from the Sanskrit word 'parishram', meaning 'effort' or 'labor'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "corparáideach" ultimately derives from the Latin word "corpus", meaning "body" and is cognate with the English word "corporation". |
| Italian | The Italian word 'aziendale' can also refer to 'pertaining to an estate' or 'agricultural'. |
| Japanese | The word "企業" (kigyo) was originally used to describe government-owned businesses, but its meaning has expanded to include all businesses. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "perusahaan" is derived from the Sanskrit word "paripraśna", meaning "questioning" or "inquiry". |
| Kazakh | The word «корпоративті» is borrowed from Russian and means "corporate". |
| Khmer | The word "សហការ" ("corporate") can be used to describe a group of people who work together as part of a business, or to describe an organization or business itself. |
| Korean | The word "기업" also means "enterprise" or "company" and is derived from the Chinese word "企" meaning "to plan" or "to undertake". |
| Kurdish | The term "pargîdanî" is derived from the Farsi word "pargideh", meaning "scattered" or "separate", denoting the separate entities that come together to form a corporation. |
| Lao | ບໍລິສັດ originates from Sanskrit ‘บริษัท’ meaning ‘assembly’ and also denotes ‘a collection of persons having a common purpose’ in Lao. |
| Latin | In medieval Latin, corporatum also referred to a religious guild or group of clergy in a particular church or region. |
| Latvian | Koporatīvais can also mean "corporative" or "corporate body" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "korporacinis" can also refer to a "corporation" or a "guild" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "korporativ" could also refer to a legal entity or an association in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "корпоративно" can be used to describe a company or organization that is owned by many different people. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "orinasa" is derived from the French word "entreprise", meaning "business enterprise". |
| Malay | In Malay, "korporat" is also used to refer to government agencies, which are known as "syarikat korporat" or "badak korporat." |
| Malayalam | The word "കോർപ്പറേറ്റ്" (corporate) in Malayalam ultimately derives from the Latin word "corpus", meaning "body" or "organization." |
| Maltese | The word "korporattiva" is derived from the Latin "corpus", meaning "body". |
| Maori | Maori 'umanga' may derive from a word used to describe an organized community of workers. |
| Marathi | The word "कॉर्पोरेट" ("corporate") in Marathi can also mean "belonging to a company". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, corporate can have a wider meaning, referring to entities or organizations that are not necessarily businesses. |
| Nepali | The word "कर्पोरेट" in Nepali can also refer to a group of people or an organization, rather than just a business entity. |
| Norwegian | The word "bedriftens" in Norwegian can also mean "company's" or "business's" in English. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The term 'makampani' in Nyanja originated from the English word 'company', which was brought to Malawi during the British colonial period. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کارپوریټ" can also mean "legal entity" or "body corporate." |
| Polish | "Zbiorowy" in Polish can also mean "collective" or "group". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "corporativo" can also refer to a group of individuals or entities working together for a common goal. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "corporativ" can also refer to a type of cooperative associated with a profession. |
| Russian | In Russian, "корпоративный" can also refer to a "body" or a "group." |
| Samoan | Faʻapotopotoga can also refer to a group of people gathered for a specific purpose or occasion. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "corporra" can also refer to a group of people or an organization. |
| Serbian | The word "корпоративни" can also mean "company party" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "khampani" in Sesotho is derived from the Afrikaans word "kompanie" (company), which in turn comes from the Dutch word "compagnie" (company). |
| Shona | The word 'yemubatanidzwa' is derived from the verb 'kubatanidza', meaning 'to unite' or 'to connect', and therefore refers to something that is owned or managed jointly by multiple individuals or entities. |
| Sindhi | The word 'corporate' comes from the Latin word 'corpus', meaning 'body'. In law, a corporation is a group of individuals or businesses that is treated as a single legal entity, separate from its owners. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ආයතනික" (corporate) in Sinhala can also mean "institutional" or "organized" |
| Slovak | The word "firemné" in Slovak, meaning "corporate", is a loan word from the English word "firm" which refers to a business establishment. |
| Slovenian | The word "podjetja" also means "business" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "shirkad" in Somali is derived from the Arabic word "sharikat", meaning "partnership". |
| Spanish | The word "corporativo" originates from the Latin "corpus," meaning "body," alluding to the collective nature of corporations. |
| Sundanese | The word 'perusahaan' (corporate) originates from 'parusahaan', meaning 'to take action'. |
| Swahili | In addition to its meaning of "corporate," "ushirika" also denotes "cooperation" or "association" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "företags-" can be used to describe a business, company, or organization. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "corporate" can also mean "legal entity" or "body of persons granted rights by law". |
| Tamil | The word பெருநிறுவன (corporate) is derived from the Latin word 'corpus', meaning 'body', and refers to an organized group of people with a shared purpose. |
| Telugu | It is derived from the Latin word corpus, meaning 'body'. |
| Thai | The word "องค์กร" not only means "corporate" in Thai, but can also refer to an organization, institution, or group. |
| Turkish | "Kurumsal" is derived from the Arabic word "kurum", which means "institution" or "establishment". |
| Ukrainian | The word "корпоративні" (corporate) in Ukrainian also has the alternate meaning of "collective" or "jointly owned," referring to a group or organization rather than a business entity. |
| Urdu | The word "corporate" comes from the Latin word "corpus," which means "body." |
| Vietnamese | Công ty derives from the Chinese 官司, meaning public affairs or official business. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'corfforaethol' is derived from the Latin 'corpus', meaning 'body', and was first used in the mid-16th century. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "indibaniselwano" also means "cooperation" or "partnership". |
| Yiddish | פֿירמע is derived from the German word 'Firma,' meaning 'signature' or 'company name'. |
| Yoruba | "Ajọ" can also refer to a group of people or an assembly. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inkampani" shares an etymological root with "inkamba" (cow), a source of wealth in ancient Zulu society. |
| English | The word ‘corporate’ derives from the Late Latin word ‘corporatus’, and originally meant ‘embodied’. |