semblance

English

Alternative forms

• semblaunce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛm.bləns/, SAMPA: /"sEm.bl@ns/

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Noun

semblance (plural semblances)

1. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
2. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

Translations

likeness, similarity

Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) Finnish: ulkonäkö (fi) Hebrew: דמיון (he) (dimyón) m. Portuguese: semelhança (pt) f.

Russian: сходство (ru) n., подобие (ru) n. Scottish Gaelic: coltas (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: sličnost (sh), izgled (sh) Swedish: likhet (sv) c.

External links

• semblance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• semblance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911