sympathie
See also: Sympathie
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathieën)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathies)
Antonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sympathie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sympathīa.
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathies)
- sympathy (feeling of mutual like)
- harmony
- 1590, Nicolaes de Blocq, La difference qvil y a entre les divinations licites & illicites, pour iuger des changemens & ruines des republiques, page 64
- […] il y a quelques scavans personages qui tiennent pour impossible ce qu'on a volu faire croire à la sympathie entre les causes celestes & choses terrestres
- […] there are some learned people who believe it is impossible, that which we have been told to believe about the harmony between celestial causes and earthly matters
- […] il y a quelques scavans personages qui tiennent pour impossible ce qu'on a volu faire croire à la sympathie entre les causes celestes & choses terrestres
- 1590, Nicolaes de Blocq, La difference qvil y a entre les divinations licites & illicites, pour iuger des changemens & ruines des republiques, page 64
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sympathie, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “sympathie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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