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La société – company, firm, society

La société – company, firm, society

Today’s lesson covers the feminine noun la société, which is a faux ami (false cognate) meaning company and firm. Similar to English, la société also means “society”. La société comes from societas (union, association) in Latin.

la société

company, firm, society

Pronunciation [sɔsjete]

La société - company, firm, society.

La société – company, firm, society

Example sentences

For this first sentence, qui is a relative pronoun which can translate to that or which.

Marie travaille dans une société qui vend des produits éléctroniques.

Marie works for a company that sells electronics products.

This sentence uses the expression rien à voir, which translates to “nothing to do with” or more loosely to “totally different”. Celle translates to “that” and is a demonstrative pronoun.

La société moderne n’a rien à voir avec celle de la génération de nos parents.

Modern society is totally different from that of our parents’ generation.

More false cognates

References

fr.wiktionary.org
wordreference.com

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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