Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchamical, fromLatinamīcālis.
amical (comparativemoreamical,superlativemostamical)
- (now rare)Friendly,amicable.
2002,Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin, published2003, page172:TheEncyclopédie pulled through this crisis mainly through theamical assistance of Malesherbes, councillor in the Paris Cour des Aides, a member of the Lamoignon clan, and official Director of the Book Trade.
Borrowed fromLatinamicālis.
amical (feminineamicale,masculine pluralamicaux,feminine pluralamicales)
- 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 relationsamicales, 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 [friendly relations], my penchant for satisfying my libido in abnormal ways grew.
Borrowed fromFrenchamical,Latinamicalis. Bysurface analysis,amic +-al.
amical m orn (feminine singularamicală,masculine pluralamicali,feminine and neuter pluralamicale)
- friendly,amicable
- Synonyms:amabil,prietenos
Borrowed fromLatinamical.
- IPA(key): /amiˈkal/[a.miˈkal]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:a‧mi‧cal
amical m (pluralamicales)
- (sports)friendly
