sympathique
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French sympathic, from sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sympathique (plural sympathiques)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: sympathiek
- → Romanian: simpatic
- → Russian: симпатичный (simpatičnyj)
Further reading edit
- “sympathique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.