amical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amical, from Latin amīcālis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mɪkl/, /ˈa.mɪ.kəl/

Adjective

amical (comparative more amical, superlative most amical)

1. (now rare) Friendly, amicable.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 172:

     The Encyclopédie pulled through this crisis mainly through the amical assistance of Malesherbes, councillor in the Paris Cour des Aides, a member of the Lamoignon clan, and official Director of the Book Trade.

Anagrams

• Lamica, Milaca, calami, camail, lamaic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amicālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi.kal/

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Adjective

amical (feminine amicale, masculine plural amicaux, feminine plural amicales)

1. friendly, amicable

   Antonym: inamical

   • 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:

     À la suite de mes rapports sexuels avec un condisciple et ami de longue date, rapports qui n'ont commencé que pendant notre séjour à l'Université et après sept ans de relations amicales, le penchant pour les satisfactions anormales du libido s'est renforcé en moi.

     After I had sexual relations with a longstanding friend and fellow student, relations which only began during our time at university and after seven years of friendship [friendly relations], my penchant for satisfying my libido in abnormal ways grew.

Derived terms

• amicalement

Related terms

• ami
• amicaliste
• amitié

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• calmai
• clamai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amical, Latin amicalis. By surface analysis, amic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.miˈkal/

Adjective

amical m or n (feminine singular amicală, masculine plural amicali, feminine/neuter plural amicale)

1. friendly, amicable

   Synonyms: amabil, prietenos

Declension

Declension of amical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	amical		amicală	amicali	amicale
	definite	amicalul		amicala	amicalii	amicalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	amical		amicale	amicali	amicale
	definite	amicalului		amicalei	amicalilor	amicalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amiˈkal/ [a.miˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧mi‧cal

Noun

amical m (plural amicales)

1. (sports) friendly

Related terms

• amigo

Further reading

• “amical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025