How to say “company” in 40 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Bulgarian, where с is the 17th most used word.
- Afrikaans maatskappy company, partnership #1,034
- Arabic مع with, together with, accompanied by, in the… #30
- Bengali সঙ্গে with; in the company of #221
- Bosnian kompanija #1,691
- Bulgarian с in the company of, alongside, with, and #17
- Catalan companyia #670
- Chinese 公司 company; firm; corporation #104
- Croatian tvrtka firm, company #1,783
- Danish selskab company, firm #1,267
- Dutch gezelschap company, business #1,740
- Esperanto kun in the company of, with #27
- Estonian firma firm, company #925
- French compagnie #979
- Galician compañía company, companionship #696
- Georgian ბიზნესი business, company, commercial enterprise #1,354
- German firma A company, a business #1,113
- Greek παρέα company of friends, fellowship, party #855
- Hindi कंपनी company, firm #472
- Hungarian együtt together, with, in the company of #156
- Icelandic fyrirtæki company, firm #861
- Indonesian geng gang, a company of persons with distinct… #1,749
- Italian compagnia company, companionship, fellowship, society,… #931
- Korean 회사 a company #597
- Lithuanian kompanija #774
- Macedonian друштво #720
- Malay syarikat A company #478
- Malayalam കമ്പനി #425
- Norwegian selskap #1,112
- Persian شرکت company, firm #337
- Polish firmy #1,299
- Portuguese empresa company; business #914
- Romanian companie #1,028
- Russian компания #1,549
- Serbian kompanija #1,759
- Spanish compañía company, enterprise, business, firm #780
- Swedish sällskap company, companionship #1,157
- Tamil கும்பல் company, crowd, collection, group, gang,… #684
- Turkish şirket #1,244
- Ukrainian компанія company, firm #1,801
- Vietnamese hãng firm; company #1,912
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.