companya
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Feminized version of company (“mate, partner”).
Noun
companya f (plural companyes)
- female partner
Etymology 2
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *compānia, a collective noun based on Late Latin compāniō (“comrade”).
Noun
companya f (plural companyes)
- society, group of people
References
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “companya”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)