different between organisation vs society

English

Alternative forms

• organization (American)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).??n.a??ze?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????n??ze???n/

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. (British spelling, Australian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of organization.

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

French

Etymology

organiser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a.ni.za.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• ? German: Organisation
• ? Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organisation c

1. an organization; a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

Declension

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation

English

Alternative forms

• soc. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/

Noun

society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)

1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
5. (uncountable) High society.
6. (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Derived terms

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References

Further reading

• "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.