noun, feminine/kɔ̃.pa.ɲi/plural: compagnies
company
Synonyms: cie
Related: animal de compagnie, charmante compagnie, compagnie aérienne, en compagnie de, fausser compagnie, tenir compagnie
Inherited from Middle French compaignie, from Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō, from Latin cum + pānis (“bread”). See also copain, compagnon.