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company
English
Alternative forms
- companie (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp(?)ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mp?ni/
- Hyphenation: com?pany
Noun
company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)
- A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
Synonyms
- (in legal context, a corporation): corporation
- (group of individuals with a common purpose): association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
- (companionship): fellowship, friendship, mateship
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- accompany
- companion
- discompany
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????? (kampn?)
Translations
Verb
company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)
- (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
- (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
- companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
Synonyms
- (to accompany): attend, escort, go with
- (to have sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?pa?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?pa?/
Noun
company m (plural companys, feminine companya)
- companion, colleague
- partner, mate
Derived terms
- acompanyar
Related terms
- companyia
Further reading
- “company” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Noun
company
- Alternative form of companye
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douth
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: douth, IPA(key): /da??/
- Rhymes: -a??
Etymology 1
From Middle English douth, douthe, duweðe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþ? (“power, competency, notefulness, virtue”), from *dugan? (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?- (“to be ready, be sufficient”). Cognate with North Frisian døgd, døged (“ability, good deed”), Dutch deugd (“virtue”), German Tugend (“virtue”), Swedish dygd (“virtue”), Icelandic dygð, dyggð (“virtue”). Related to dow, doughty.
Noun
douth (usually uncountable, plural douths)
- (obsolete) Virtue; excellence; atheldom; nobility; power; riches.
- (obsolete) A group of people, especially an army or retinue.
- (dialectal) Reliability; ease; security; shelter.
- There's no[sic] much douth in a wire fence.
Adjective
douth (comparative more douth, superlative most douth)
- (dialectal) Snug; comfortable; in easy circumstances.
Etymology 2
Noun
douth (plural douths)
- Alternative form of dought
Middle English
Alternative forms
- douthe, duthe, douþe
- (Early ME) dugeð, duweðe, du?eðe, do?eðe, du?eþe, duheðe, duhþe, du?d
Etymology
From Old English duguþ, from Proto-Germanic *dugunþ?.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?du???/
- IPA(key): /du??/
Noun
douth (uncountable)
- A group, band, or company of people:
- The personal military force of a ruler or potentate.
- Any group of armed people; an army or troop.
- (rare) Potency, might, worth.
- (rare) An individual person.
- (rare) Something beneficial; a boon.
- (rare) The state of being mature.
Related terms
- doughty
Descendants
- English: douth
- Scots: duthe, douth
References
- “douth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.
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