ressembler

French

Etymology

re- +‎ sembler. Compare Italian rassomigliare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/

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Verb

ressembler

1. (transitive) To resemble, to be similar to
2. (intransitive) To look like, to have physical similarities to (followed by à)

   Ce qui me surprend, c’est que vous portez de ces objets-là qui presque ressemblent aux vêtements. Je suis ravi que vous avez découvert d’habillement. Quel grand accomplissement pour vous.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of ressembler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ressembler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ressemblant /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ressemblé /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/	ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/	ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/
	imperfect	ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/	ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/	ressemblait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/	ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/	ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/	ressemblaient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/
	past historic2	ressemblai /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/	ressemblas /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/	ressembla /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/	ressemblâmes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blam/	ressemblâtes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blat/	ressemblèrent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛʁ/
	future	ressemblerai /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/	ressembleras /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/	ressemblera /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/	ressemblerons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/	ressemblerez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/	ressembleront /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	ressemblerait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	ressemblerions /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	ressembleriez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/	ressembleraient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/	ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/	ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/
	imperfect2	ressemblasse /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/	ressemblasses /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/	ressemblât /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/	ressemblassions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/	ressemblassiez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sje/	ressemblassent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/	—	ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/	ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• qui se ressemble s’assemble

Related terms

• sembler

Further reading

• “ressembler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.