amica

See also: amică

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: a‧mì‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin amīca (“friend”).

Noun

amica f (plural amiche, masculine amico, diminutive (especially in reference to a child) amichétta; (uncommon) amicùccia or amichìna, augmentative (jocular) amicóna)

1. female equivalent of amico
2. girlfriend

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amica

1. feminine singular of amico

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amica

1. inflection of amicarsi:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• amica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmiː.ka/, [äˈmiːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ka/, [äˈmiːkä]

Noun

amīca f (genitive amīcae, masculine amīcus); first declension

1. female equivalent of amīcus. a female friend
2. (Catullus) concubine, girlfriend
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 72.3–4:

     Dilexi tum te non tantum ut uulgus amicam, / sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.

     I loved you not so much as the common man does his concubine, but as a father loves his children and sons-in-law.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amīca	amīcae
genitive	amīcae	amīcārum
dative	amīcae	amīcīs
accusative	amīcam	amīcās
ablative	amīcā	amīcīs
vocative	amīca	amīcae

Related terms

• amīcus
• amō

Descendants

• Asturian: amiga
• Catalan: amiga
• Dalmatian: amaica
• Franco-Provençal: amia
• French: amie
• Friulian: amie
• Galician: amiga
• Italian: amica
  • → Romanian: amică
• Old Piedmontese: amia
  • Piedmontese: amìa
• Portuguese: amiga
• Romansch: amia
• Spanish: amiga

References

• “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amīca

1. inflection of amīcus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

amīcā

1. ablative feminine singular of amīcus

Romanian

Noun

amica

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of amică

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin amīca (“friend”). Compare Italian amica.

Noun

amica f (plural amichi, masculine amicu)

1. female equivalent of amicu (“friend”)