🇫🇷 French

société

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la société

society

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société
/la sɔsjete/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say société in French?

IPA
/la sɔsjete/

How do you pronounce société in French?

société is pronounced /la sɔsjete/ in French.

Example sentences

La société française est très ancienne et elle a développé une culture riche.

French society is very old and it has developed a rich culture.

Cette nouvelle société technologique a révolutionné l'industrie avec ses innovations impressionnantes.

This new technology company revolutionized the industry with its impressive innovations.

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Why is it feminine?

Société is feminine because it derives from the Latin "societas," which is a third-declension feminine noun ending in "-tas"—a suffix that typically produces feminine nouns in Romance languages. This Latin feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and modern French.

What is the French word for society?

The French word for society is la société — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishsociedadlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiansocietàlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesociedadeafeminine

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