different between popular vs social

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin popul?ris, from populus (“people”) + -?ris (“-ar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?pj?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?pj?l??/

Adjective

popular (comparative more popular, superlative most popular)

1. Common among the general public; generally accepted. [from 15th c.]
   • 2007, Joe Queenan, The Guardian, 23 Aug 2007:

     Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.

2. (law) Concerning the people; public. [from 15th c.]
3. Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.]
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Preface:

     At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular, as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 645:

     Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.

   • 2009, Graham Smith, The Guardian, letter, 27 May 2009:

     Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.

4. (obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian. [16th-17th c.]
5. Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption. [from 16th c.]
   • 2009, ‘Meltdown’, The Economist, 8 Apr 2009:

     As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.

6. (obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people. [16th-18th c.]
   • 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy

     Such popular humanity is treason.

7. Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, The Observer, 2 Oct.:

     They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
8. Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap. [from 19th c.]

Antonyms

• anonymous
• unpopular

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

popular (plural populars)

1. A person who is popular, especially at a school.
   • 2002, Stephen Tropiano, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV, Hal Leonard Corporation (?ISBN):

     To pass time, Nicole (Tammy Lynn Michaels), the most vicious of the populars, decides they should play a little game. Earlier that day, in their feminist studies class, the women were discussing Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a novel ...

2. (chiefly in the plural) An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
   • 1983, Jeremy Tunstall, The Media in Britain, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 75:

     Serious newspapers boomed; the populars became tabloid supplements to television, with the television schedules and related features increasingly the core of the newspaper.

3. A member of the Populares
   • 1843, Thucydides, “The” History of the Grecian War, Translated by Thomas Hobbes, page 415:

     [...] when their ambassadors were come from Samos, and that they saw not only the populars, but also some others of their own party thought trusty before, to be now changed.

References

• popular at OneLook Dictionary Search
• popular in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "popular" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 236.
• popular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• popular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin popularis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /po.pu?la/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pu.pu?lar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /po.pu?la?/

Adjective

popular (masculine and feminine plural populars)

1. popular (of the common people)
2. popular (well-known, well-liked)

Derived terms

• popularitzar
• popularment

Related terms

• poble
• popularitat

Further reading

• “popular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish popular (“popular”).

Adjective

popular

1. popular

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin popul?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?po.pu.?la?/
• Hyphenation: po?pu?lar

Adjective

popular m or f (plural populares, comparable)

1. popular (liked by many people)

2. popular (relating to the general public)

3. popular (aimed at ordinary people)

4. (by extension) popular; affordable

   Synonym: barato

5. (politics) democratic (involving the participation of the general public)

   Synonym: democrático

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:popular.

Related terms

• povo

Noun

popular m (plural populares)

1. (formal) civilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)

   Synonym: civil

Noun

popular f (plural populares)

1. cheap accommodation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?po.pu.?la(?)/
• Hyphenation: po?pu?lar

Verb

popular (first-person singular present indicative populo, past participle populado)

1. (databases) to populate (to add initial data to [a database])
2. (rare) Synonym of povoar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin popularis, French populaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.pu?lar/

Adjective

popular m or n (feminine singular popular?, masculine plural populari, feminine and neuter plural populare)

1. popular (of the people)
2. popular (well-liked)

Declension

Related terms

• popula
• popularitate
• populism
• populist
• popor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin popul?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /popu?la?/, [po.pu?la?]
• Hyphenation: po?pu?lar

Adjective

popular (plural populares)

1. popular
2. (politics, Spain) Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party

Derived terms

Related terms

• popularidad
• populismo
• populista
• pueblo

Noun

popular m or f (plural populares)

1. (politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party

Further reading

• “popular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle French social, from Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so?.??l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

social (comparative more social, superlative most social)

1. Being extroverted or outgoing.
2. Of or relating to society.

3. (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.

4. (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.

   the Social War

5. (botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.

Antonyms

• antisocial
• unsocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

• sociality
• societal

Translations

Noun

social (countable and uncountable, plural socials)

1. A festive gathering to foster introductions.

2. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
3. (Britain, colloquial, with definite article) Clipping of social security.

4. (US, colloquial) Clipping of social security number.

5. (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
6. (Canada) Clipping of social studies.
7. (Internet, informal, uncountable) Clipping of social media.
8. (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account.

Translations

References

• social in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• social in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “social” in Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, ?ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017.

Anagrams

• scolia

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social (epicene, plural sociales)

1. social

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis, attested from 1803.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /so.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /su.si?al/

Adjective

social (masculine and feminine plural socials)

1. social

Derived terms

Related terms

• soci

References

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “social” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “social” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From French social, from Latin soci?lis (“concerning a partner or an ally”), an adjective derived from the noun socius (“partner, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so??æ?l], [?o??æ?l]

Adjective

social (neuter socialt, plural and definite singular attributive sociale)

1. social
2. sociable

Further reading

• “social” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “social” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.sjal/
• Hyphenation: so?cial
• (Paris)
• Homophones: sociale, sociales

Adjective

social (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaux, feminine plural sociales)

1. social, related to society, community

2. social, living in society

3. mundane, related to social life

Synonyms

• grégaire

Antonyms

• antisocial
• asocial

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

social m (plural sociaux)

1. action intended to make society work better

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais)

1. social

Derived terms

• socializar
• socialmente

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Ellipsis of social network.

Noun

social m (plural social)

1. social network
2. (in the plural) social media

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1355, borrowed from Latin soci?lis.

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociale, masculine plural sociaulx, feminine plural sociales)

1. allied (on the same side)
2. social (tending to spend time with others)

Descendants

• ? English: social
• French: social

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (social, supplement)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• sociau (Gascony)

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [su?sjal]

Adjective

social m (feminine singular sociala, masculine plural socials, feminine plural socialas)

1. social (relating to society)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?t??al/

Adjective

social

1. social

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.?sja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.?aw/, /so.?sjaw/

Adjective

social m or f (plural sociais, comparable)

1. social (relating to society)
2. (business) social (relating to business firms)
3. social; outgoing; extroverted

   Synonyms: sociável, extrovertido

   Antonyms: anti-social, associal

4. (ecology) social (living in large groups)
5. for use by the residents of an apartment block, as opposed to maintenance workers or deliverymen

Derived terms

Related terms

• sócio

Noun

social m, f (plural sociais)

1. (Brazil, informal) a small party between close people or friends

Further reading

• “social” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French social.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so.t??i?al/

Adjective

social m or n (feminine singular social?, masculine plural sociali, feminine and neuter plural sociale)

1. social (of or relating to society)

Declension

Further reading

• social in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin soci?lis (“of or belonging to a companion, companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /so??jal/, [so??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /so?sjal/, [so?sjal]
• Hyphenation: so?cial

Adjective

social (plural sociales)

1. social

Derived terms

Further reading

• “social” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sosi???l/, /so????l/

Adjective

social (comparative mer social, superlative mest social)

1. (not comparable) social, pertaining to living conditions and society (of an issue)
2. social, kind, friendly, welcoming, outgoing (of a person)

   Synonyms: utåtriktad, sällskaplig, föreningsintresserad

Declension

Related terms

References

• social in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• social in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)