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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.

• mica, CIMA, CMIA, aMCI, Cima, ACMI, cami, cima, Maci, Mica, iMac, -icam

Inherited from Latin amīcus (“friend”). First attested in the 13th century.^[1] Compare Occitan amic.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmik]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmik]

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• Rhymes: -ik

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

1. friend

• amistat
• enemic

• “amic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• ami (Mistralian)

From Old Occitan amic, from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Attested from the 12th century.^[1] Compare Catalan amic.

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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

• Occitan: amic, ami (Mistralian)

• амик (amic) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from Italian amico or directly from Latin amīcus, derived from amō (“love”). First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Hyphenation: a‧mic

amic m (plural amici, feminine equivalent amică)

1. friend; pal, buddy

   Synonym: prieten m

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.

• amical

• “amic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025