sosyete

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French société (“society”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sosjete/

Noun

sosyete

1. society

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سوسیه‌ته (sosyete), from French société in the 1890s.

Noun

sosyete (definite accusative sosyeteyi, plural sosyeteler)

1. society
2. high society; the upper classes

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sosyete”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN