sociedade
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin societās, societātem (“society, community”).
Noun
sociedade f (plural sociedades)
- society, civilization (as a whole)
- organization, group sharing a common goal or interest
Further reading
- “sociedade” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin societās, societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌso.si.e.ˈda.d͡ʒi/, /ˌso.sje.ˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌso.si.e.ˈda.de/, /ˌso.sje.ˈda.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.sjɐ.ˈða.ðɨ/
- Hyphenation: so‧ci‧e‧da‧de
Noun
sociedade f (plural sociedades)
- society (group of people sharing culture)
- Synonym: comunidade
- society (group of persons who meet to engage in a common interest)
- Synonyms: associação, comunidade
- (uncountable) society (people of one’s country or community taken as a whole)
- (business) partnership (association of two or more people to conduct a business)
Derived terms
- alta sociedade
- sociedade anônima
- sociedade civil
- sociedade por cotas
Related terms
- social
- socialismo
- societariado
- societário
- sócio
- sociologia