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Pronunciation / Transliteration: guó yǒu
"这家公司是一家国有企业。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Owned and operated by the national government.
"The country's largest telecommunications provider is a state-owned enterprise." - 2
Funded, controlled, or administered directly by public authorities.
"Many media outlets in the region remain strictly state-owned."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'state', tracing back to Latin 'status' meaning condition or standing, combined with 'owned' from Old English 'āgnian'. The compound emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during the rise of industrial nationalization and public enterprise economics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "State-owned" is said worldwide
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étatisé
Transliteration: /e.ta.ti.ze/
"Cette entreprise est étatisée depuis plus de vingt ans."
staatlich
Transliteration: /ˈʃtaːtlɪç/
"Es handelt sich um einen staatlichen Betrieb."
statale
Transliteration: /staˈta.le/
"L'azienda energetica è di proprietà statale."
estatal
Transliteration: /es.taˈtal/
"La compañía petrolera es una empresa estatal."
estatal
Transliteration: /es.taˈtaw/
"A empresa estatal controla o setor de energia."
राजकीय
Transliteration: rajkiya
"यह एक राजकीय उद्यम है।"
国有
Transliteration: guó yǒu
"这家公司是一家国有企业。"
국유의
Transliteration: guky유ui
"그 회사는 국유 기업이다."
国営の
Transliteration: kokuei no
"その通信社は国営企業である。"
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