semelhança
Portuguese
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese semellança, equivalent to semelhar + -ança, or possibly from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *similiāntia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin similantia, plural of similāns (“similar”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin similō (“I imitate”), from similis (“similar”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”). Compare Galician semellanza, Spanish semejanza, Catalan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Italian somiglianza.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌse.me.ˈʎɐ̃.sa/, /ˌse.me.ˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /sɨ.mɨ.ˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: se‧me‧lhan‧ça
Noun
semelhança f (plural s)
- (uncountable) resemblance (state of resembling)
- an aspect or characteristic which is similar in two people or objects
- appearance; aspect; look
Synonyms
- (resemblance): parecença, similaridade, similitude
- (similar aspect): analogia, similaridade, símile
- (appearance): aparência, aspecto, feição, feitio, forma, formato
Antonyms
- (resemblance): diferença, dissemelhança
- (similar aspect): diferença, disparidade
Related terms
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ança
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
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