sympathie

See also: Sympathie

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: sym‧pa‧thie

Noun

sympathie f (plural sympathieën)

1. sympathy

   Coordinate term: empathie

Derived terms

• sympathiek

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.pa.ti/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

sympathie f (plural sympathies)

1. sympathy

   Antonym: antipathie

Related terms

• sympa
• sympathique
• sympathisant
• sympathiser

Descendants

• → Turkish: sempati

Further reading

• “sympathie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sympathīa.

Noun

sympathie f (plural sympathies)

1. sympathy (feeling of mutual like)
2. harmony
   • 1590, Nicolaes de Blocq, La difference qvil y a entre les divinations licites & illicites, pour iuger des changemens & ruines des republiques, page 64:

     […] il y a quelques scavans personages qui tiennent pour impossible ce qu'on a volu faire croire à la sympathie entre les causes celestes & choses terrestres

     […] there are some learned people who believe it is impossible, that which we have been told to believe about the harmony between celestial causes and earthly matters

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sympathie, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “sympathie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.