amie

American  

[a-mee, a-mee, ah-mee] / aˈmi, æˈmi, ɑˈmi /

noun

French.

• amies
  plural

1. a female friend.

2. a girlfriend or female lover.

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amie British  

/ ami /

noun

1. a female friend

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• amies
  plural

Example Sentences

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amie amies

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

You have asked me, mon amie, to tell you, from personal experience, all about aeroplanes on active service.

From Cavalry of the Clouds by Alan Bott

"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

Belle Helène proffered the statement rather hesitatingly, and no wonder, in a house where "les amies de mes amis sont mes amies" was the rule.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley

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

So were wont to die the belles amies of the philosophers.

From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France

Partaker of influx and efflux I, extoller of hate and conciliation, Extoller of amies and those that sleep in each others' arms.

From Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman