socio

See also: socio- and sócio

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

socio (uncountable)

1. (informal) At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
2. (informal) The discipline of sociology.
   • 1999, Lynn Freed, The bungalow:

     Just as I stood apart from the sort of Jewish women who majored in psych and socio at the local university and announced their engagements just before graduation.

Anagrams

• Cosio

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [soˈt͡sio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧o

Noun

socio (accusative singular socion, plural socioj, accusative plural sociojn)

1. society

   Synonym: societo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.sjo/

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• Hyphenation: so‧cio

Noun

socio m (plural socios)

1. partner, associate

   Synonyms: partenaire, associé

Further reading

• “socio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Noun

socio (plural socii)

1. society

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin socius (“partaking, associated; partner, associate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyo- (“companion”), derived from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Compare also the inherited soccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ɔtʃo
• Hyphenation: sò‧cio

Noun

socio m (plural soci)

1. member, affiliate, partner, associate, fellow, mate
2. (slang, used in the vocative) a term of address for a man; dude, pal

Related terms

• sociabile
• sociale
• società
• socievole

Anagrams

• scoio, scoiò

Latin

Etymology

From socius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ki.oː/, [ˈs̠ɔkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈsɔːt͡ʃio]

Verb

sociō (present infinitive sociāre, perfect active sociāvī, supine sociātum); first conjugation

1. to unite, join, ally, associate
2. to share in

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sociō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sociō	sociās	sociat	sociāmus	sociātis	sociant
	imperfect	sociābam	sociābās	sociābat	sociābāmus	sociābātis	sociābant
	future	sociābō	sociābis	sociābit	sociābimus	sociābitis	sociābunt
	perfect	sociāvī	sociāvistī	sociāvit	sociāvimus	sociāvistis	sociāvērunt, sociāvēre
	pluperfect	sociāveram	sociāverās	sociāverat	sociāverāmus	sociāverātis	sociāverant
	future perfect	sociāverō	sociāveris	sociāverit	sociāverimus	sociāveritis	sociāverint
passive	present	socior	sociāris, sociāre	sociātur	sociāmur	sociāminī	sociantur
	imperfect	sociābar	sociābāris, sociābāre	sociābātur	sociābāmur	sociābāminī	sociābantur
	future	sociābor	sociāberis, sociābere	sociābitur	sociābimur	sociābiminī	sociābuntur
	perfect	sociātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sociātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sociātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sociem	sociēs	societ	sociēmus	sociētis	socient
imperfect	sociārem	sociārēs	sociāret	sociārēmus	sociārētis	sociārent
perfect	sociāverim	sociāverīs	sociāverit	sociāverīmus	sociāverītis	sociāverint
pluperfect	sociāvissem	sociāvissēs	sociāvisset	sociāvissēmus	sociāvissētis	sociāvissent
passive	present	socier	sociēris, sociēre	sociētur	sociēmur	sociēminī	socientur
imperfect	sociārer	sociārēris, sociārēre	sociārētur	sociārēmur	sociārēminī	sociārentur
perfect	sociātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	sociātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sociā	—	—	sociāte	—
	future	—	sociātō	sociātō	—	sociātōte	sociantō
passive	present	—	sociāre	—	—	sociāminī	—
	future	—	sociātor	sociātor	—	—	sociantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sociāre	sociāvisse	sociātūrum esse	sociārī	sociātum esse	sociātum īrī
participles		sociāns	—	sociātūrus	—	sociātus	sociandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sociandī	sociandō	sociandum	sociandō	sociātum	sociātū

Adjective

sociō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of socius

Descendants

• English: sociate

References

• “socio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• socio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin socius (“partaking, associated; partner, associate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈsoθjo/ [ˈso.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsosjo/ [ˈso.sjo]
• Rhymes: -oθjo
• Rhymes: -osjo
• Syllabification: so‧cio

Noun

socio m (plural socios, feminine socia, feminine plural socias)

1. partner

   Synonym: compañero

2. member

   Synonym: miembro

3. (colloquial) buddy, mate

   Synonyms: colega, mano

Related terms

• asociar
• sociable
• social
• sociedad

 

Further reading

• “socio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10