"amicable" meaning in English

See amicable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæ.mɪ.kə.bəl/ Audio: en-us-amicable.ogg Forms: more amicable [comparative], most amicable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English amicable (“agreeable; pleasant”), from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”). Doublet of amiable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|amicable|t=agreeable; pleasant}} Middle English amicable (“agreeable; pleasant”), {{der|en|LL.|amīcābilis||friendly}} Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”), {{doublet|en|amiable}} Doublet of amiable Head templates: {{en-adj}} amicable (comparative more amicable, superlative most amicable)
  1. Showing friendliness or goodwill. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: amicability, amicableness, amicable number, amicable suit, amicably Related terms: amiable, amity Translations (showing friendliness or goodwill): εὔκολος (eúkolos) (Ancient Greek), дружелюбен (druželjuben) (Bulgarian), приятелски (prijatelski) (Bulgarian), amigable (Catalan), 友好 (yǒuhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 藹然 (Chinese Mandarin), 蔼然 (ǎirán) (Chinese Mandarin), 友善 (yǒushàn) [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), přátelský (Czech), venskabelig (Danish), fredelig (Danish), goedhartig (Dutch), vriendelijk (Dutch), sovinnollinen (Finnish), sopuisa (Finnish), ystävällinen (Finnish), amiable (english: agreement) (French), amical [person] (French), amigábel (Galician), einvernehmlich (english: agreement) (German), freundlich [person] (German), freundschaftlich (english: agreement, discussion, gesture) (German), gütlich (english: settlement) (German), liebenswürdig [person] (German), מאיר פנים (Hebrew), ramah tamah (Indonesian), amīcus (Latin), sosial (Malay), przyjazny (Polish), amigável (Portuguese), amabil (Romanian), дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj) (Russian), amigable (Spanish), amistoso (Spanish), cordial (Spanish), mapayapa (Tagalog)
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      "word": "εὔκολος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "מאיר פנים"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "ramah tamah"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "amīcus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "sosial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "przyjazny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "amigável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "amabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "druželjúbnyj",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "дружелю́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "amigable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "amistoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "cordial"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "showing friendliness or goodwill",
      "word": "mapayapa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amicable"
}

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