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noun, feminine

sociedad

/soθjeˈdad/

noun, feminine/soθjeˈdad/plural: sociedades

society, social order; high society; community; company, firm, corporation; association, partnership

Synonyms: comunidad, compañía, asociación, consorcio

Borrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”). The senses of "company" and "association" were later borrowings.