société

See also: societé and sociêté

French

Etymology

From Middle French societé, from Old French societé, borrowed from Latin societātem, accusative singular of societās (“society”), from socius. Compare the inherited Old French doublet soisté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.sje.te/

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• Homophone: sociétés

Noun

société f (plural sociétés)

1. society
2. company

Derived terms

• sociétal

Further reading

• “société”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.