sociedad
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”). The senses of "company" and "association" were later borrowings.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /soθjeˈdad/ [so.θjeˈð̞að̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sosjeˈdad/ [so.sjeˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: so‧cie‧dad
Noun
editsociedad f (plural sociedades)
- society, social order
- high society
- community
- Synonym: comunidad
- company, firm, corporation
- Synonym: compañía
- association, partnership
- Synonyms: asociación, consorcio
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Cebuano: sosyidad
Further reading
edit- “sociedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014