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)

1. (obsolete) similar
2. (obsolete) apparent
3. (obsolete) conformable

Derived terms

• semblability
• semblance

Noun

semblable (plural semblables)

1. (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.

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French

Etymology

From sembler +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.blabl/

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Adjective

semblable (plural semblables)

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

Synonyms

• similaire

Derived terms

• semblablement
• vraisemblable

Noun

semblable m or f (plural semblables)

1. (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.