sa
French, determiner
sa is spelled S-A (2 letters) and appears 2,188 times per million words in written French, the 58th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sa is a French feminine determiner meaning “his, her, its, their, one's” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, SA is a different word: “initialism of société anonyme (Incorporated (Inc.)) (Limited…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déterminant utilisé pour rendre l’idée de possession d’un objet ayant un rapport avec la personne dont on…”.
What does sa mean in English?
determiner
- 1
femininehis, her, its, their, one's
Emma est allée chez sa sœur.
noun
- 1
initialism of société anonyme (Incorporated (Inc.)) (Limited liability company (Ltd.))
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. Déterminant utilisé pour rendre l’idée de possession d’un objet ayant un rapport avec la personne dont on parle.
noun: 1. Langue océanienne parlée au Vanuatu dans le sud de l’île de Pentecôte, qui a pour code ISO 639-3 sax.
noun: 1. Société anonyme. 2. Sturmabteilung, section d’assaut, milice du parti nazi allemand. 3. Membre de cette organisation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sa
- son singular masculine
- ses plural masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sa in French?
sa appears 2,188 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).