Social in Different Languages
Discover 'Social' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Social
Afrikaans sosiale | ||
Albanian sociale | ||
Amharic ማህበራዊ | ||
Arabic الاجتماعية | ||
Armenian հասարակական | ||
Assamese সামাজিক | ||
Aymara marka qamawi | ||
Azerbaijani sosial | ||
Bambara sosiyali | ||
Basque soziala | ||
Belarusian сацыяльная | ||
Bengali সামাজিক | ||
Bhojpuri सामाजिक | ||
Bosnian socijalni | ||
Bulgarian социална | ||
Catalan social | ||
Cebuano sosyal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 社会的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 社會的 | ||
Corsican suciale | ||
Croatian socijalni | ||
Czech sociální | ||
Danish social | ||
Dhivehi ސޯޝަލް | ||
Dogri समाजक | ||
Dutch sociaal | ||
English social | ||
Esperanto socia | ||
Estonian sotsiaalne | ||
Ewe hame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sosyal | ||
Finnish sosiaalinen | ||
French social | ||
Frisian sosjaal | ||
Galician social | ||
Georgian სოციალური | ||
German sozial | ||
Greek κοινωνικός | ||
Guarani ava'aty | ||
Gujarati સામાજિક | ||
Haitian Creole sosyal | ||
Hausa zamantakewa | ||
Hawaiian pilikanaka | ||
Hebrew חֶברָתִי | ||
Hindi सामाजिक | ||
Hmong social | ||
Hungarian társadalmi | ||
Icelandic félagsleg | ||
Igbo elekọta mmadụ | ||
Ilocano kinatao | ||
Indonesian sosial | ||
Irish sóisialta | ||
Italian sociale | ||
Japanese ソーシャル | ||
Javanese sosial | ||
Kannada ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ | ||
Kazakh әлеуметтік | ||
Khmer សង្គម | ||
Kinyarwanda mbonezamubano | ||
Konkani समाजीक | ||
Korean 사회적인 | ||
Krio soshal | ||
Kurdish civatî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆمەڵایەتی | ||
Kyrgyz социалдык | ||
Lao ສັງຄົມ | ||
Latin socialis | ||
Latvian sociāla | ||
Lingala makambo ya bomoi | ||
Lithuanian socialinis | ||
Luganda embera yobuntu | ||
Luxembourgish sozial | ||
Macedonian социјални | ||
Maithili समाजिक | ||
Malagasy ara-tsosialy | ||
Malay sosial | ||
Malayalam സാമൂഹിക | ||
Maltese soċjali | ||
Maori pāpori | ||
Marathi सामाजिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯨꯟꯅꯥꯏ | ||
Mizo vantlang | ||
Mongolian нийгмийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လူမှုရေး | ||
Nepali सामाजिक | ||
Norwegian sosial | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chikhalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସାମାଜିକ | ||
Oromo kan hawaasaa | ||
Pashto ټولنیز | ||
Persian اجتماعی | ||
Polish społeczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) social | ||
Punjabi ਸਮਾਜਿਕ | ||
Quechua llapa una | ||
Romanian social | ||
Russian социальное | ||
Samoan agafesootai | ||
Sanskrit सामाजिक | ||
Scots Gaelic sòisealta | ||
Sepedi tša leago | ||
Serbian социјални | ||
Sesotho sechabeng | ||
Shona zvemagariro | ||
Sindhi سماجي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සමාජ | ||
Slovak sociálnej | ||
Slovenian socialni | ||
Somali bulsho | ||
Spanish social | ||
Sundanese sosial | ||
Swahili kijamii | ||
Swedish social | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) panlipunan | ||
Tajik иҷтимоӣ | ||
Tamil சமூக | ||
Tatar иҗтимагый | ||
Telugu సామాజిక | ||
Thai สังคม | ||
Tigrinya ማሕበራዊ | ||
Tsonga vaaki | ||
Turkish sosyal | ||
Turkmen sosial | ||
Twi (Akan) asetenam | ||
Ukrainian соціальна | ||
Urdu سماجی | ||
Uyghur ئىجتىمائىي | ||
Uzbek ijtimoiy | ||
Vietnamese xã hội | ||
Welsh cymdeithasol | ||
Xhosa kwezentlalo | ||
Yiddish געזעלשאַפטלעך | ||
Yoruba awujo | ||
Zulu kwezenhlalo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "sosiale" can also mean "a social event" or "a party". |
| Albanian | "Sociale" is also the word used for "sauce" or "gravy" and is of Proto-Romance origin. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ማህበራዊ" ("social") originates from the Arabic word “صُحْبَة" ("friendship") via the Ottoman Turkish “صهبت" ("friendship, companionship"). |
| Arabic | The word "الاجتماعية" in Arabic can also refer to the field of social work or sociology. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "sosial" can also refer to a "communal gathering" or a "place of socializing". |
| Basque | In Basque, "soziala" also refers to the Basque socialist party created in 1977. |
| Belarusian | The word "сацыяльная" (social) derives from the French word "sociable" and the Latin word "socius" (companion). |
| Bengali | In Bengali, the word "সামাজিক" also refers to "sociability" and "social welfare." |
| Bosnian | The word "socijalni" also means "relating to welfare" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "социална" can also refer to the social sciences or social security. |
| Catalan | The word 'social' derives from the Latin 'socius', meaning 'companion' or 'friend'. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "sosyal" is derived from the Spanish "social" meaning "pertaining to society", and can also mean "fashionable" or "upper class". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character 社 (shè) in 社会的 (shèhuì de) originally meant 'temple', implying a place where people gathered and formed social bonds. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 社會的 (social) in Chinese (Traditional) is derived from the term 社會 (society), which originally referred to the relationship between individuals in a community. |
| Corsican | Corsican "suciale" originates from Latin "socialis" and is related to the word "sociu" (= friend). |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'socijalni' is derived from the Latin word 'socialis', which originally meant 'of or pertaining to allies' or 'friendly'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "sociální" can also mean "welfare" or "charitable." |
| Danish | In Danish, "social" can also refer to a gathering or event where people socialize. |
| Dutch | Sociaal was originally "ascetic" but over time, gained its modern meaning in the 17th century. |
| Esperanto | The word 'socia' is derived from the Latin word 'socius', which means 'companion' or 'ally'. |
| Estonian | "Sotsiaalne" derives from the Middle Low German "sossiāl," and is cognate with Old English "sociāl" (from the Latin "sociālis"); its meaning shifted in the 18th century due to a reanalysis of the "-āl" suffix as an adjectival ending (influenced by French) and the influence of Romantic ideas about society as a collective. |
| Finnish | The word 'sosiaalinen' shares its root with the word 'sosiaali' (social welfare), both originating from the Latin word 'socialis', meaning 'companionable' or 'connected'. |
| French | In French, "social" can also refer to "social assistance" or "social services". |
| Frisian | The word "Sosjaal" in Frisian comes from the French word 'social' or the Latin word '"socialis". The English term "social" is itself thought to have been borrowed or influenced by the French word. |
| Georgian | The word "სოციალური" is derived from the Latin word "socialis", meaning "of or pertaining to society." |
| German | The word "Sozial" can also mean "socialist" in German, reflecting the close connection between social welfare and socialist ideology in the country's history. |
| Greek | The word κοινωτικός can also refer to 'communal' or 'belonging to a community'. |
| Gujarati | The word "social" in English is derived from the Latin word "socialis", meaning "of or relating to society" or "companionable". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sosyal" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a gathering or party. |
| Hausa | The word "zamantakewa" is derived from the Hausa word "zamantake" meaning "to associate" or "to socialize". |
| Hawaiian | The term 'pilikanaka' can refer to different social statuses like a friend, companion, or someone of a similar rank. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word חברתי (social) is derived from the root חבר (friend), which implies a sense of connection and belonging. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सामाजिक" (samajik) is derived from the Sanskrit word "समाज" (samaj), which can also mean "community" or "society". |
| Hmong | The word 'social' in Hmong can also mean 'group' or 'society'. |
| Hungarian | The word társadalmi is derived from the word társadalom, which means "society". |
| Icelandic | The term 'félagsleg' derives from 'félag' (union) and can also carry a connotation of 'cohesion' or 'affiliation'. |
| Igbo | The word 'elekọta mmadụ' can also refer to a person who interacts with people in a friendly and respectful manner, even if they are from different backgrounds or cultures. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "sosial" derives from the Dutch "sociaal" and has various meanings, including "sociable", "generous", and "communal". |
| Irish | Sóisialta is a borrowing from English, but is also thought to derive from the words só (joy) and ialta (fostering). |
| Italian | Italian 'sociale' can also refer to a social security payment or a type of tax |
| Japanese | 「ソーシャル」は「社会的な」を意味しますが、SNSでの交流に関する意味もあります。 |
| Javanese | In Javanese "sosial" also means "manner" or "behavior". |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "samaj," meaning "society" or "community". It can also refer to the social interactions and relationships between individuals and groups. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "әлеуметтік" can also be used to mean "community" or "society". |
| Khmer | The word "សង្គម" can also mean "community" or "society" in Khmer. |
| Korean | 사회적 means not only 'of or concerning society' but also 'sociable, outgoing' |
| Kurdish | The word 'civatî' also denotes a community of friends or neighbors who share meals and work together. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "социалдык" derives from the Russian word "социальный", which itself comes from the Latin word "socius" meaning "companion". |
| Latin | The Latin word "socialis" can also refer to an ally or companion. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "sociāla" comes from the Latin word "socialis," meaning "of or relating to companions". |
| Lithuanian | The word "socialinis" in Lithuanian can also refer to "sociable" or "friendly". |
| Luxembourgish | An alternative meaning of the word "sozial" in Luxembourgish is "sociable". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, the word "социјални" ("social") also has the alternate meaning of "welfare" or "social assistance" |
| Malagasy | The word "ara-tsosialy" can also refer to a social gathering or event. |
| Malay | In Malay, 'sosial' carries both its common English meaning and a distinct sense related to politeness and decorum in social interactions. |
| Malayalam | The word "സാമൂഹിക" is derived from the Sanskrit word "समाज," which means "society" or "community." |
| Maltese | "Sociali" derives from the Latin "sociālis", meaning "pertaining to companions". |
| Maori | Its root word, "pao" means "to be together" and "pori" means "to go about with". |
| Marathi | The word 'सामाजिक' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'सामज', meaning 'group' or 'community'. |
| Mongolian | Нийгмийн also means a community of people who have similar cultural, social, etc. characteristics in common. |
| Nepali | The word "सामाजिक" is derived from the Sanskrit word "समुद्" meaning "community" or "society". |
| Norwegian | The word "sosial" can also mean "polite" or "well-mannered" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Chikhalidwe in Nyanja also refers to a collection of people from the same village. |
| Pashto | The word "ټولنیز" means "social" in Pashto and is related to the word "ټولنه" which means "society". |
| Persian | The word 'social' derives from the Latin word 'socius' meaning 'companion' or 'friend', and is related to the words 'society' and 'associate'. |
| Polish | The word "społeczny" in Polish is related to the Latin word "socius", meaning "companion" or "friend". It also has a broader sense of "pertaining to society" or "public". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "social" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) derives from the Latin "socius" meaning "companion", "friend", or "ally". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਮਾਜਿਕ" ("social") in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "समाज" ("samaj"), which means "society" or "community". It can also refer to the behaviour or interactions within a society or community. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "social" comes from the Latin word "socialis", which means "of or relating to society". |
| Russian | The word 'Социальное' can also have the meaning of 'public' |
| Samoan | Agafesootai can also mean "relating to the aiga (family) or the village", showing its importance in Samoan society. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "sòisealta" can also refer to a social gathering, or specifically a "ceilidh" or "social gathering". |
| Serbian | "Социјални" is a Serbian adjective that derives from the French word "social" and the Latin word "socialis," which means "belonging to society." |
| Shona | The word "zvemagariro" is also used to refer to public gatherings or meetings |
| Sindhi | The word "سماجي" in Sindhi can also mean "of or relating to community". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "සමාජ" (social) in Sinhala ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "समाज" (samaja), meaning "assembly" or "gathering". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "sociálnej" is derived from the Latin word "socialis", which means "companionable" or "friendly". |
| Slovenian | The word 'socialni' also has a connotation of 'welfare-related' and can be used in the context of social work and social services. |
| Somali | The word 'bulsho' is likely derived from the Arabic word 'bu'l-sha'ab' meaning 'of the people' or 'public'. |
| Spanish | The word "social" derives from the Latin "socius," meaning "companion" or "ally." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'sosial' can also refer to 'social status' or 'social interaction' in a specific context. |
| Swahili | Originating from Arabic 'jamaa' meaning 'group', the Swahili word 'kijamii' today encompasses all matters pertaining to society and collective interaction. |
| Swedish | "Social" in Swedish originally meant "sociable" but gained the wider meaning "social" after being influenced by English and German. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "panlipunan" can also refer to a social gathering or event. |
| Tajik | Derived from Arabic 'ijtima' and Persian 'jama'at', the word 'иҷтимоӣ' also conveys the meaning of 'gathering'. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "சமூக" can also be derived from the Sanskrit word "समाज" (samāja), meaning "assembly" or "gathering". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "సామాజిక" (sAmAjika) is derived from the Sanskrit word "सामज" (sAmAja), meaning "assembly" or "congregation". |
| Thai | The word 'สังคม' comes from the Pali word 'samāga' which means 'association, union, or gathering'. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, Sosyal can also mean "friendly" or "sociable" |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "соціальна" is derived from the Latin "socialis", which means "of or belonging to society". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "سماجی" not only means "social" but also relates to "society" and "community". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "ijtimoiy" originally referred to "tribal" or "communal" bonds, but it has expanded to encompass a broader sense of "social" relations. |
| Vietnamese | The word "xã hội" also means "society" or "community" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Cymdeithasol derives from the Welsh word 'cymdeithas' meaning 'society' and can also mean 'communal' or 'public'. |
| Xhosa | The word 'kwezentlalo' in Xhosa also refers to a person who is sociable or outgoing. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "געזעלשאַפטלעך" is derived from the German word "Gesellschaftlich," meaning "sociable" or "companionable." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "awujo" can also mean "community" or "society". |
| Zulu | "Kwezenhlalo" also means a gathering or assembly |
| English | The term “social” derives from the Latin word socius, meaning “friend, ally, partner.” |