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Etymology
From MF. sympathie < LL. sympathia < Gr. ��μ�άθεια (sympatheia) "sympathy, affinity" < ��μ�αθή� (sympath�s) "having a fellow feeling" < prefix ��μ- (sym-), variant of ��ν- (syn-) "with, in company with, together with" + �αθέ� (patheo) "to have a secondary affection" < �ά��� (pascho) "to be affected by, to suffer" < PIE. base *kwenth- ("to suffer," "to endure").

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sɪmp�θi/
audio|en-us-sympathy.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|sympath|ies

1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
2. The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy.
3. context|psychology A mutual relationship between people such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
4. context|physiology A mutual relationship between organs such that a condition of one part causes an effect in the other.

Related terms
sympathetic
sympathise

Translations
trans-top|feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another
Czech: soustrast f, soucit m
Finnish: myötätunto, osanotto, sympatia
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Russian: �о��в��вие (so�ústvije) n, �о���адание (sostradánije) n
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trans-top|ability to share the feelings of another; empathy
Albanian: keqardhje f
Esperanto: simpatio
Finnish: myötäeläminen, empatia
French: sympathie f
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German: Sympathie f
Italian: simpatia f
Russian: �о��в��вие (so�ústvije) n
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trans-top|(psychology) mutual relationship between people such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition
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trans-top|(physiology) mutual relationship between organs such that a condition of one part causes an effect in the other
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|تعاط� unicode|(ta�á:�afa)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (tóng g�n), �� (zàntóng); �� (tóngqíng), �� (liánm�n)
ttbc|Dutch: medelijden
ttbc|Japanese: ��, �鳴, �� (�����, d�j�), 交�
ttbc|Korean: �� (dongjeong)
ttbc|Portuguese: compaixão f, simpatia f, afinidade f
ttbc|Spanish: compasión f, simpatía f
ttbc|Swedish: medkänsla
ttbc|Telugu: సాన�భ�తి (saanubhooti)
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• 2007-12-12 14:27 - Nino Barbieri - /* Translations */ canc.

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