amico
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmi.ko/
Audio (un amico) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iko
- Hyphenation: a‧mì‧co
Etymology 1
From Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, French ami, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo.
Noun
amico m (plural amici, feminine amica, diminutive (especially in reference to a child) amichétto; (uncommon) amicùccio or amichìno, augmentative (jocular) amicóne)
Derived terms
- amichetto (“playmate”, literally “small friend”)
- amico dell'uomo (“man's best friend, dog”, literally “man's friend”)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: amic
Adjective
amico (feminine amica, masculine plural amici, feminine plural amiche, superlative amicissimo)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- amico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- amico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- amico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- amico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- amico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- amico in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- amico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmiː.koː/, [äˈmiːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ko/, [äˈmiːko]
Verb
amīcō (present infinitive amīcāre, perfect active amīcāvī, supine amīcātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to make friendly to oneself
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- “amico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico
- (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico
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