corporatie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English corporation or directly from French corporation, further derived from Late Latin corporātiō (“becoming a single body”), derived in turn from Latin corporō (“to make into a single body”), derived from corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔr.poːˈraː.tsi/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: cor‧po‧ra‧tie

Noun

corporatie f (plural corporaties, diminutive corporatietje n)

1. corporation. [From 1647]
2. society, association, especially an entity founded to pursue a common goal or to work for the common good. [From 1647]

Derived terms

• corporatief
• corporatiesector
• corporatiewoning
• doelcorporatie
• incorporatie
• woningbouwcorporatie
• woningcorporatie
• wooncorporatie
• zendingscorporatie

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: korporasi