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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmi.ka/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Hyphenation: a‧mì‧ca
Etymology 1
From Latin amīca (“friend”).
Noun
amica f (plural amiche, masculine amico, diminutive amichétta; amicùccia or amichìna, augmentative amicóna)
- female equivalent of amico
- girlfriend
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
amica
- feminine singular of amico
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
amica
- inflection of amicarsi:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- amica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
amīca f (genitive amīcae, masculine amīcus); first declension
- female equivalent of amīcus. a female friend
- (Catullus) concubine, girlfriend
c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE,
Catullus,
Carmina 72.3–4:
- Dilexi tum te non tantum ut uulgus amicam, / sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.
- I loved you not so much as the common man does his concubine, but as a father loves his children and sons-in-law.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
amīca
- inflection of amīcus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
amīcā
- ablative feminine singular of amīcus
Romanian
Noun
amica
- definite nominative/accusative singular of amică
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin amīca (“friend”). Compare Italian amica.
Noun
amica f (plural amichi, masculine amicu)
- female equivalent of amicu (“friend”)