sympathique
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sympathique (plural sympathiques)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: sympathiek
- → Romanian: simpatic
- → Russian: симпатичный (simpatičnyj)
- → Turkish: sempatik
Further reading
[edit]- “sympathique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.