"social" in seven languages
Meaningsocial
Spanish
social
/soˈθjal/
learned
French
social
/sɔsjal/
learned
plural: sociaux
Les réseaux sociaux: social media.
Italian
sociale
/soˈtʃale/
learned
Social media are usually just i social.
Portuguese
social
/sosiˈaw/
learned
Romanian
social
/sotʃiˈal/
borrowed · French social
Catalan
social
/susiˈal/
learned
English
social
/ˈsoʊʃəl/
from Latin/French · French social, from Latin
English → ItaliansocialsocialeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SOCIĀLEM‘of companions, allies (from SOCIUS 'companion')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
SOCIUS was a companion or ally; the learned adjective shows the soft c three ways: θ, s, tʃ.
English relatives: society, associate, sociable
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In a sentence
- esEs un problema social.
- frC'est un problème social.
- itÈ un problema sociale.
- ptÉ um problema social.
- roEste o problemă socială.
- caÉs un problema social.
- enIt's a social problem.
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