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empatia

empatia

See also: empatía and empátia

Catalan

Noun

empatia f ‎(plural empaties)

  1. empathy

Derived terms

  • empàtic

Finnish

Noun

empatia

  1. empathy

Declension

Inflection of empatia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative empatia empatiat
genitive empatian empatioiden
empatioitten
partitive empatiaa empatioita
illative empatiaan empatioihin
singular plural
nominative empatia empatiat
accusative nom. empatia empatiat
gen. empatian
genitive empatian empatioiden
empatioitten
empatiainrare
partitive empatiaa empatioita
inessive empatiassa empatioissa
elative empatiasta empatioista
illative empatiaan empatioihin
adessive empatialla empatioilla
ablative empatialta empatioilta
allative empatialle empatioille
essive empatiana empatioina
translative empatiaksi empatioiksi
instructive — empatioin
abessive empatiatta empatioitta
comitative — empatioineen

Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια ‎(empátheia) + -patia

Noun

empatia f ‎(plural empatie)

  1. empathy

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

empatia f (plural empatias)

  1. empathy (capacity to understand another person’s point of view or feelings)

Etymology

A twentieth-century borrowing of Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια ‎(empátheia, literally “passion”) (formed from ἐν ‎(en, “in, at”) + πάθος ‎(páthos, “feeling”)), coined by Edward Bradford Titchener to translate German Einfühlung. The modern Greek word εμπάθεια ‎(empátheia) has an opposite meaning denoting strong negative feelings and prejudice against someone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əm.pəˈti.ə/

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