Feminine

società

Meaning

  1. (feminine, invariable) society, community
  2. (feminine, invariable) society, association, club, circle
  3. (feminine, invariable) company, partnership, firm, concern

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
so‧cie‧tà
Pronounced as (IPA)
/so.t͡ʃeˈta/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin societātem ("community, society", accusative form), from socius (“partner, ally”). By surface analysis, socio + -età. The senses of "association" and "company" were borrowed later. Doublet of soccida, which was inherited from the Latin nominative societās.

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