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{{also|resemblé}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|resemblen}}, from {{der|en|xno|resembler}}, {{m|fro|ressembler}}, from {{m|fro|re-}} + {{m|fro|sembler|t=to seem}}. {{surf|en|re-|semble}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-resemble.wav|a=UK}}
* {{hyph|en|re|sem|ble}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To be like or [[similar]] to (something); to [[represent]] as similar.
#: {{ux|en|The twins '''resemble''' each other.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice|III|i|passage=We will '''resemble''' you in that.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=Foreword|passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and '''resembled''' an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=w:Plato|title=Sophist|translator=Lesley Brown|page=230b
|passage=But what you've just described does '''resemble''' a person of that kind.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|now|_|rare|archaic}} To [[compare]]; to regard as similar, to [[liken]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|III|x|passage=And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did '''resemble''' to his Ladie bright [...].}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[counterfeit]]; to [[imitate]].
#* {{RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World
|passage=They can so well '''resemble''' mans speech.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To cause to [[imitate]] or be like; to make similar.
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine|part=1|scene=vi|page=40|passage=And ſince we all haue ſuckt one wholſome aire,<br>And with the ſame proportion of Elements,<br>Reſolue, I hope we are '''reſembled''',<br>Uowing our loues to equall death and life, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1881|author=w:Horace Bushnell|title=Building Eras in Religion
|passage=they '''resemble''' themselves to the swans}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|mirror}}
* {{l|en|duplicate}}
* {{l|en|look like}}

====Related terms====
{{rootsee|en|ine|sem}}
*{{l|en|I resemble that remark}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to be like or similar to something else}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|shëmbëllej}}, {{t+|sq|ngjaj}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|شَبِهَ}}, {{t|ar|مَاثَلَ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|oxşamaq}}, {{t|az|bənzəmək}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|[[быць]] [[падобны|падо́бным]]|impf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приличам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|semblar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|相似|tr=xiāngsì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|připomínat|impf}}, {{t|cs|podobat|impf|alt=podobat se}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ligne}}, {{t|da|minde om}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gelijken|alt=gelijken op}}, {{t+|nl|lijken|alt=lijken op}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|nḥr|h=n-H-Hr:r}}, {{t-egy|twt|h=t-w&t-A53-Y1V}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|simili}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|muistuttaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ressembler|alt=ressembler à}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|someâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|semellar}}, {{t+|gl|asemellar}}
* German: {{t+|de|ähneln}}, {{t+|de|gleichen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μοιάζω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hasonlít}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|líkjast}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|voittiissa}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|[[is]] [[cosúil]] [[le]]}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|rassomigliare}}, {{t+|it|somigliare}}, {{t+|it|assomigliare}}, {{t+|it|arieggiare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|似る|tr=にている, nite iru|alt=似ている|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|비슷하다}}, {{t+|ko|닮다}}, {{t+|ko|같다}}
* Kurdish:
** Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lê çûn}}, {{t|kmr|mînîn}}, {{t+|kmr|şibîn}}
* Latin: {{t|la|similō}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|someià}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|gläichen}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|āhuahua}}, {{t|mi|kāhukahuka}}, {{t|mi|āhukahuka}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|r'semblier}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|likne}}, {{t|no|minne om}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|semblar}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مانستن|tr=mânestan}}, {{t+|fa|شباهت داشتن|tr=šabâhat dâštan}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[być]] [[podobny|podobnym]]|impf}}, {{t+|pl|przypominać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|przypomnieć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|assemelhar|alt=assemelhar-se a}}, {{t|pt|semelhar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|rikch'akuy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|semăna}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|sumegliar}}, {{t|rm|semegliar}}, {{t|rm|samagliear}}, {{t|rm|sumiglier}}, {{t|rm|sumagliar}}, {{t|rm|sumaglier}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|походи́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|+ на}}, {{t+|ru|напомина́ть|impf}}, {{t|ru|[[быть]] [[похожий|похо́жим]]|impf}} {{qualifier|+ на}}, {{t|ru|[[име́ть]] [[схо́дство]]|impf}} {{qualifier|+ с}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|assimizare}}, {{t|sc|simizare}}, {{t|sc|assimbillai}}, {{t|sc|simbilai}}, {{t|sc|assimbigiai}}, {{t|sc|assemizare}}, {{t|sc|atipizare}}, {{t|sc|aerai}}, {{t|sc|agghentinare}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|sličiti}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|assimigghiari}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|podobať|impf|alt=podobať sa}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|asemejarse|alt=asemejarse a}}, {{t+|es|semejar}}, {{t|es|parecerse a}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|likna}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|benzemek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|[[бу́ти]] [[поді́бний|поді́бним]]|impf}}, {{t|uk|[[бу́ти]] [[схожий|схо́жим]]|impf}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|somejar}}, {{t|vec|somegiar}}, {{t|vec|somiar}}
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{{trans-see|compare}}

{{C|en|Appearance}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|resemblar}}