Definition
Archaic term for food eaten as an accompaniment to bread; side dishes or relish.
Etymology
From Old French companage, from compain (companion, bread), literally 'what goes with bread.' The suffix -age indicates a collection or type of thing, so it means 'bread accompaniments.'
Kelly Says
Companage is a wonderful medieval word that reveals how bread was the staple and everything else was just the accompaniment—in poor households, people might eat bread with just salt or onions as companage, making the concept of 'side dish' absolutely essential to survival.
Translations
BNবাংলা
কম্পানি
kom-pa-ni
CACatalà
empresa
em-pre-sa
CSČeština
společnost
spo-le-cnost
DEDeutsch
Gesellschaft
ge-sells-chaft
ELΕλληνικά
εταιρεία
eta-re-ia
ESEspañol
compañía
kom-pa-nya
FRFrançais
compagnie
kom-pa-nee
IDBahasa Indonesia
perusahaan
per-usaha-an
ITItaliano
azienda
a-zee-en-da
KKKK
компания
kom-pa-niya
KMKM
ក្រុមហ៊ុន
kroum-houn
MSBahasa Melayu
syarikat
si-ri-kat
MYမြန်မာ
ကုမ္ပဏီ
ku-mpa-ni
NLNederlands
bedrijf
bed-rief
PTPortuguês
companhia
kom-pa-nya
RORomână
companii
kom-pa-nii
RUРусский
компания
kom-pa-niya
SVSvenska
företag
fyer-tag
SWKiswahili
shirika
shee-ri-ka
TAதமிழ்
சிறிய நிறுவனம்
si-ri-ya ni-ru-va-nam
TEతెలుగు
చిన్న కంపెనీ
chin-na kam-pe-ni
TRTürkçe
şirket
sheer-ket
UKУкраїнська
компанія
kom-pa-niya
VITiếng Việt
công ty
kong ty