amiable
French, adjective/a.mjabl/
amiable is a French adjective meaning “amiable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doux, gracieux”.
What does amiable mean in English?
adjective
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amiable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Doux, gracieux. 2. Qui agit ou qui se fait par les voies de la douceur et de la conciliation. 3. Qualifie des nombres dont l’un est égal à la somme des parties aliquotes de l’autre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amiable
- amiables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amiable?
- /a.mjabl/
- \a.mjabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amiable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amiable in French?
amiable appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).