How to say “company” in 40 different 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.
- compañía/kompaˈɲia/ Spanish
- компания[kɐmˈpanʲɪjə] Russian
- 公司/kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɹ̩⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 회사[ˈɸwe̞(ː)sʰa̠] Korean
- कंपनी/kəmp.niː/ Hindi
- கும்பல்/ɡʊmbɐl/ Tamil
“company” in Spanish: compañía · French: compagnie · German: firma · Italian: compagnia · Portuguese: empresa · Chinese: 公司 · Korean: 회사 · Russian: компания
It is commonest in Chinese, where 公司 is the 104th most used word.
Company in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans maatskappy/ˌmɑːtskɐˈpɛɪ/ company, partnership #1,034
- Arabic مع/ma.ʕa/ with, together with, accompanied by, in the… #30
- Bengali সঙ্গে/ʃɔŋɡe/ with; in the company of #221
- Bosnian kompanija/kompǎnija/ #1,691
- Bulgarian с[s] in the company of, alongside, with, and #17
- Catalan companyia[kum.pəˈɲi.ə] #670
- Chinese 公司/kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɹ̩⁵⁵/ company; firm; corporation #104
- Croatian tvrtka/tʋr̩̂tka/ firm, company #1,783
- Danish selskab[ˈsɛlˌsɡ̊æˀb̥] company, firm #1,267
- Dutch gezelschap/ɣəˈzɛlˌsxɑp/ company, business #1,740
- Esperanto kun/kun/ in the company of, with #27
- Estonian firma/ˈfirmɑ/ firm, company #925
- French compagnie/kɔ̃.pa.ɲi/ #979
- Galician compañía[kompaˈɲiɐ] company, companionship #696
- Georgian ბიზნესი[b̥izne̞si] business, company, commercial enterprise #1,354
- German firma/fɪrma/ A company, a business #1,113
- Greek παρέα/paˈrea/ company of friends, fellowship, party #855
- Hindi कंपनी/kəmp.niː/ company, firm #472
- Hungarian együtt[ˈɛɟːytː] together, with, in the company of #156
- Icelandic fyrirtæki[ˈfɪːrɪr̥ˌtʰaiːcɪ] company, firm #861
- Indonesian geng/ˈɡɛŋ/ gang, a company of persons with distinct… #1,749
- Italian compagnia/kom.paɲˈɲi.a/ company, companionship, fellowship, society,… #931
- Korean 회사[ˈɸwe̞(ː)sʰa̠] a company #597
- Lithuanian kompanija[kɔm²ˈpɑːnʲɪjɛ] #774
- Macedonian друштво[ˈdruʃtvɔ] #720
- Malay syarikat[ʃa.ri.kat] A company #478
- Malayalam കമ്പനി/kämpɐni/ #425
- Norwegian selskap/ˈsɛlˌskɑːp/ #1,112
- Persian شرکت[ʃeɹ.kʰʲǽt̪ʰ] company, firm #337
- Polish firmy/ˈfir.mɘ/ #1,299
- Portuguese empresa/ẽˈpɾe.zɐ/ company; business #914
- Romanian companie/komˈpanje/ #1,028
- Russian компания[kɐmˈpanʲɪjə] #1,549
- Serbian kompanija/kompǎnija/ #1,759
- Spanish compañía/kompaˈɲia/ company, enterprise, business, firm #780
- Swedish sällskap/ˈsɛlskɑːp/ company, companionship #1,157
- Tamil கும்பல்/ɡʊmbɐl/ company, crowd, collection, group, gang,… #684
- Turkish şirket/ʃiɾˈcet/ #1,244
- Ukrainian компанія[kɔmˈpanʲijɐ] company, firm #1,801
- Vietnamese hãng[haːŋ˦ˀ˥] firm; company #1,912
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