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amiable

/ˈeɪmiəbəl/AY-mee-uh-buhl
/ˈeɪmiəbəl/AY-mee-uh-buhl

Meaninglovable

Common meaning: friendly and pleasant

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAM‘love’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 50, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinamō, amāvī, amātum‘to love, be fond of’
  3. Frenchaimiable
  4. Englishamiable‘friendly and pleasant’ · today

am also in: amateuramorous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin amō ‘to love, be fond of’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry amō, p. 107 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

amateuramorous

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