sympathique

French

Etymology

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)

1. nice, kind, friendly, likeable

Descendants

• → Romanian: simpatic
• → Russian: симпатичный (simpatičnyj)

See also

• sympa

Further reading

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