amie
Americannoun
-
amies
plural
-
a female friend.
-
a girlfriend or female lover.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
When she announces that she is pregnant, he happily makes preparations to leave home, move in with his petite amie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Simone remains his good amie, but unless he leaves a will to the contrary, Arlette will be his legal heir.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A woman can refuse jewels she hasn't seen," says the count's petite amie, as she hesitates to accept his gift.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Et ton amie, ca va!” she asked casually—How’s your friend?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Charles V.’s ambassador, Chapuys, hardly deigned to mention the fact that the king’s amie had given birth to a daughter, and both her parents were bitterly disappointed with her sex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
So were wont to die the belles amies of the philosophers.
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
As the French say, 'Les amies de mes amies sont mes amies.'
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Charles Major
He would say, "Mes amis et mes amies, je regrette, mais mon cheval m'attend."
From Memoirs of My Dead Life by George (George Augustus) Moore
"Got nothing to do with bonnes amies, young or old," he gruffly replies.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
"Bon soir, mes amies," she said evasively, and would have passed on, but, laughingly, they stopped her.
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
