semblable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French sembler (“‘to be like’”) + -able

[edit] Adjective

semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)

1. Similar.
2. Apparent.
3. Conformably.

[edit] Noun

semblable (plural semblables)

1. (obsolete) something similar

[edit] Quotations

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2

  [...] but in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul

  of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness

  as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his

  mirror, and who else would trace him his umbrage,

  nothing more. (lines 115-120)

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

semblable (epicene, plural semblables)

1. similar
   • Cette maison est assez semblable. This house is quite similar.

[edit] Synonyms

• similaire