sympathique

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sympathic, from sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.pa.tik/
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Adjective

sympathique (plural sympathiques)

nice, kind, friendly, likeable

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: sympathiek
→ Romanian: simpatic
→ Russian: симпатичный (simpatičnyj)

Further reading

“sympathique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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