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noun, plural a·mies [a–mee; English a-meez, ah-meez] /aˈmi; English æˈmiz, ɑˈmiz/. French.
- a female friend.
- a girlfriend or female lover.
noun, plural a·mies. Slang.
- a vial of amyl nitrate.
noun
- a female friend
fem. proper name, from Old French Amee, literally “beloved,” from fem. past participle of amer “to love,” from Latin amare, perhaps from PIE *am-a-, suffixed form of root *am-, a Latin and Celtic root forming various nursery words for “mother, aunt,” etc. (cf. Latin amita “aunt”).