socio

Shortening of sociology.

socio (uncountable) (informal)

1. At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
2. The discipline of sociology.
   • 1993, 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.

• Cosio

• IPA^(key): /soˈt͡sio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: so‧ci‧o

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

1. society

   Synonym: societo

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.sjo/

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• Hyphenation: so‧cio

socio m (plural socios)

1. partner, associate

   Synonyms: partenaire, associé

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

socio (plural socii)

1. society

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.

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

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

• sociabile
• sociale
• società
• socievole

• scoio, scoiò

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.t͡ʃi.o]

From socius +‎ -ō.

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

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

• English: sociate

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sociō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of socius

• “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.

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

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

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

1. partner

   Synonym: compañero

2. member

   Synonym: miembro

3. (colloquial) buddy, mate

   Synonyms: colega, mano

• “socio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025