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amichevole

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.miˈke.vo.le/
  • Rhymes: -evole
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ché‧vo‧le
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin amīcābilis. Doublet of amicabile, which was borrowed. By surface analysis, amico +‎ -evole.

Adjective

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amichevole m or f by sense (plural amichevoli)

  1. friendly
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Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of partita amichevole (literally “friendly match”).

Noun

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amichevole f (plural amichevoli)

  1. (sports) friendly (match)

Further reading

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  • “amichevole”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • “amichevole” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • “amichevole” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • “amichevole” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • “amichévole” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “amichévole”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026