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Sympathie

Sympathie

See also: sympathie

German

Noun

Sympathie f (genitive Sympathie, plural Sympathien)

  1. goodwill; favour; affection; sympathy

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Declension

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sympathie

sympathie

See also: Sympathie

Dutch

Noun

sympathie f (plural sympathieën)

  1. sympathy

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.pa.ti/

Noun

sympathie f (plural sympathies)

  1. sympathy

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing 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

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