semblable
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able
Adjective
semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)
Derived terms
Noun
semblable (plural semblables)
- (obsolete) something similar; likeness; representation
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2 (lines 115-120)
- […] 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.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2 (lines 115-120)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
semblable (plural semblables)
- similar
- Cette maison est assez semblable. This house is quite similar.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
semblable m or f (plural semblables)
- (usually in the plural) something or someone that belongs to the same kind or species
- Il prenait soin de ses semblables. - He cared for his kind.
Further reading
- “semblable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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