🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

empathique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: empathique

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Empathetic/ˌempəˈθetɪk/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a eu une réaction très empathique face à sa douleur."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

    "She was an empathetic listener who made everyone feel heard."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in English as an adjectival form of empathy, which derives from the German 'Einfühlung' (feeling into), modeled after Greek empatheia (passion, affection), from en- (in) + pathos (feeling).

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