amic

amic (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from ammonia.
2. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from an amine, amide or amic acid.

• ACMI, Maci, aMCI, cami, cima, iMac, mica

From Old Occitan amic, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈmik/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈmik/
• Rhymes: -ik

amic m (plural amics, feminine amiga)

1. friend

• amistat
• enemic

• “amic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• ami (Mistralian)

From Old Occitan amic, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

amic m (plural amics, feminine amiga, feminine plural amigas)

1. friend

• enemic

From Latin amīcus (“friend”).

amic m (oblique plural amics, nominative singular amics, nominative plural amic)

1. friend
   • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Be m'an perdut lai enves Ventadorn:

     Tuih mei amic, pois ma domna no m’ama!

     My friends and my woman don't love me!

• amistat
• enemic

• Catalan: amic
• Occitan: amic, ami

Borrowed from Latin amīcus (“friend”) (19th century), Italian amico, derived from amare (“love”).

amic m (plural amici, feminine equivalent amică)

1. friend; pal, buddy

Unlike its other Romance cognates, this word may be considered by some to be less personal than prieten, falling somewhere between "friend" and "acquaintance". Prieten should be used for a closer friend, while amic can be used for someone you are friendly with, but do not know particularly well.

• prieten m

• amical