semblance

English

Alternative forms

• semblaunce

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French semblance, from semblant, present participle of sembler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛm.bləns/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

semblance (countable and uncountable, plural semblances)

1. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
2. the way something looks; appearance; form

Synonyms

• (likeness): veneer

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Proto-Semitic root *semblance- not found

Translations

likeness, similarity

• Dutch: gelijkheid (nl)
• Finnish: ulkonäkö (fi)
• Hebrew: דמיון (he) m (dimyón)
• Irish: amhlachas m
• Italian: sembianza (it) f, parvenza (it), apparenza (it) f
• Latin: effigiēs f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: likhet (no) m

• Portuguese: semelhança (pt) f
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• Romanian: asemănare (ro) f, similitudine (ro) f
• Russian: схо́дство (ru) n (sxódstvo), подо́бие (ru) n (podóbije)
• Scottish Gaelic: coltas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сли̏чно̄ст f, и̏згле̄д m

  Roman: slȉčnōst (sh) f, ȉzglēd m

• Swedish: likhet (sv) c

Further reading

• “semblance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “semblance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.