semblable

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sembler (to be like) + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)

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

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Noun

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semblable (plural semblables)

  1. (obsolete) something similar; likeness; representation
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], 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.

French

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Etymology

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From sembler +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.blabl/
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Adjective

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semblable (plural semblables)

  1. similar
    Synonym: similaire
    Cette maison est assez semblable.
    This house is quite similar.

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Noun

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semblable m or f by sense (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.

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