amical

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amical, from Latin amīcālis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈa.mɪkl/, /ˈa.mɪ.kəl/

Adjective

amical (comparative more amical, superlative most amical)

  1. (now rare) Friendly, amicable.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 172:
      The Encyclopédie pulled through this crisis mainly through the amical assistance of Malesherbes, councillor in the Paris Cour des Aides, a member of the Lamoignon clan, and official Director of the Book Trade.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amicālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mi.kal/
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Adjective

amical (feminine amicale, masculine plural amicaux, feminine plural amicales)

  1. friendly, amicable
    Antonym: inamical
    • 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
      À la suite de mes rapports sexuels avec un condisciple et ami de longue date, rapports qui n’ont commencé que pendant notre séjour à l’Université et après sept ans de relations amicales, le penchant pour les satisfactions anormales du libido s’est renforcé en moi.
      After I had sexual relations with a longstanding friend and fellow student, relations which only began during our time at university and after seven years of friendship , my penchant for satisfying my libido in abnormal ways grew.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amical, Latin amicalis. By surface analysis, amic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

amical m or n (feminine singular amicală, masculine plural amicali, feminine and neuter plural amicale)

  1. friendly, amicable
    Synonyms: amabil, prietenos

Declension

Declension of amical
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite amical amicală amicali amicale
definite amicalul amicala amicalii amicalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite amical amicale amicali amicale
definite amicalului amicalei amicalelor amicalilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amical.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amiˈkal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧cal

Noun

amical m (plural amicales)

  1. (sports) friendly

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