socialis

Latin

Etymology

From socius (“associated, allied; companion, ally”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /so.kiˈaː.lis/, [s̠ɔkiˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.t͡ʃiˈa.lis/, [sot͡ʃiˈäːlis]

Adjective

sociālis (neuter sociāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to companionship; companionable, sociable, social
2. Of or pertaining to allies or confederates; allied, confederate.
3. Marriage, conjugal, nuptial.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sociālis	sociāle		sociālēs	sociālia
Genitive	sociālis			sociālium
Dative	sociālī			sociālibus
Accusative	sociālem	sociāle		sociālēs sociālīs	sociālia
Ablative	sociālī			sociālibus
Vocative	sociālis	sociāle		sociālēs	sociālia

Derived terms

• sociālitās
• sociāliter

Related terms

• socia
• sociennus
• societās
• sociofraudus
• socius
• sociābilis
• sociātiō
• sociātrīx
• sociō

 

Descendants

• Asturian: social
• Catalan: social
• → English: social
• →⇒ Finnish: sosiaalinen
• French: social
• Friulian: sociâl
• Galician: social
• → German: sozial
• Italian: sociale
• Occitan: social
• Piedmontese: social, sossial
• Portuguese: social
• Romanian: social
• Sicilian: suciali
• Spanish: social

References

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