different between amical vs apical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French amical, from Latin amicalis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a.m?kl/, /?a.m?.k?l/

Adjective

amical (comparative more amical, superlative most amical)

1. (now rare) Friendly, amicable.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 172:

     The Encyclopédie pulled through this crisis mainly through the amical assistance of Malesherbes, councillor in the Paris Cour des Aides, a member of the Lamoignon clan, and official Director of the Book Trade.

Anagrams

• Lamica, Milaca, calami, camail, lamaic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amicalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi.kal/

Adjective

amical (feminine singular amicale, masculine plural amicaux, feminine plural amicales)

1. friendly, amicable

Derived terms

• amicalement

Related terms

• ami
• amicaliste
• amitié

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• calmai
• clamai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amical, Latin amicalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi?kal/

Adjective

amical m or n (feminine singular amical?, masculine plural amicali, feminine and neuter plural amicale)

1. friendly, amicable

Declension

Synonyms

• amabil
• prietenos

Related terms

• amic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ami?kal/, [a.mi?kal]

Noun

amical m (plural amicales)

1. (sports) friendly

Related terms

• amigo

English

Etymology

apices (“apex”) +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp?k?l/, /?e?p?k?l/

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. Of or connected with the apex.
2. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
3. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}
• (linguistics): laminal, coronal

Derived terms

• apicalwards
• apicalization
• biapical
• endoapical
• preapical
• subapical
• uniapical

Translations

Noun

apical (plural apicals)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Translations

Anagrams

• Palaic

French

Adjective

apical (feminine singular apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)

1. apical (all senses)

Interlingua

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. apical

Related terms

• apice

Portuguese

Adjective

apical m or f (plural apicais, comparable)

1. apical (relating to an apex)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

Noun

apical f (plural apicais)

1. (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

Romanian

Etymology

From French apical

Adjective

apical m or n (feminine singular apical?, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)

1. apical

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /api?kal/, [a.pi?kal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

apical (plural apicales)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

Derived terms

• apicalmente

Related terms

• ápice

Further reading

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