different between amiable vs compatible

English

Etymology

From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”). The meaning has been influenced by French amiable and Latin am?bilis (“loveable”). Compare with amicable, amorous, amability.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.mi.?.b?l/, /?æ.mi.?.b?l/

Adjective

amiable (comparative more amiable, superlative most amiable)

1. Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

   • A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

2. Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     My dey?y delectabyll
     My prymerose commendabyll
     My vyolet amyabyll
     My ioye in explicabill
     Nowe torne agayne to me

   • A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

Usage notes

• See amicable.

Synonyms

• likable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• amiable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amiable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amiable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aimable

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin am?c?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mjabl/

Adjective

amiable (plural amiables)

1. amiable

Derived terms

• à l'amiable

Further reading

• “amiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”).

Adjective

amiable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amiable)

1. likable; amiable

Descendants

• Middle French: amyable
• Middle English: amyable, amiable
  • English: amiable

English

Etymology

from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatible beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compati (“to suffer with”)

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæt?b?l/

Adjective

compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)

1. Capable of easy interaction.

2. Able to get along well.

3. Consistent; congruous.

Antonyms

• incompatible
• noncompatible

Hyponyms

Related terms

• compassion
• compatibility

Translations

Noun

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. Something that is compatible with something else.

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Further reading

• compatible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• compatible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Asturian

Adjective

compatible (epicene, plural compatibles)

1. compatible (capable of easy interaction)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.p??ti.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.p??ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pa?ti.ble/

Adjective

compatible (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilitat
• incompatible

Further reading

• “compatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “compatible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “compatible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compatible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.tibl/

Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Antonyms

• incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilité

Further reading

• “compatible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• compatíbel

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Middle French

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (compatible, supplement)

Spanish

Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Related terms

• compatibilidad

Further reading

• “compatible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.