amica

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See also: amică

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)

  1. female equivalent of amico
  2. girlfriend

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amica

  1. feminine singular of amico

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amica

  1. inflection of amicarsi:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. 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

  1. female equivalent of amīcus. a female friend
  2. (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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amīca amīcae
Genitive amīcae amīcārum
Dative amīcae amīcīs
Accusative amīcam amīcās
Ablative amīcā amīcīs
Vocative amīca amīcae
Descendants
  • Asturian: amiga
  • Catalan: amiga
  • Dalmatian: amaica
  • Franco-Provençal: amia
  • French: amie
  • Friulian: amie
  • Galician: amiga
  • Italian: amica
  • Old Piedmontese: amia
  • Portuguese: amiga
  • Romansch: amia
  • Spanish: amiga

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

  1. inflection of amīcus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

amīcā

  1. ablative feminine singular of amīcus

Romanian

Noun

amica

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of amică

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin amīca (friend). Compare Italian amica.

Noun

amica f (plural amichi, masculine amicu)

  1. female equivalent of amicu (friend)