semblança

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan semblansa, equivalent to semblar +‎ -ança. Compare Occitan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Spanish semejanza, Portuguese semelhança, Italian somiglianza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səmˈblan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [semˈblan.sa]
• Rhymes: -ansa

Noun

semblança f (plural semblances)

1. resemblance; similarity

Related terms

• semblant
• semblar

Further reading

• “semblança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semblança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “semblança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semblança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old Occitan semblança or Old French semblance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semˈblant͡sa/

Noun

semblança f (plural semblanças)

1. resemblance, appearance
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 62r:

     […] e dentro enel semblanca de .iiij. bestias e. eſta era ſue uiſta ſemblança de omne. auie .iiij. fazes acada vna. e .iiij. alas. a cada una delas e ſos pies derechos e las plantas de ſos pies como plantas de pies de berzero en tallado como el animne calient e manos de omne ujſſs alas a quatro partes.

     […] and within it the appearance of four beasts. And this was their likeness: Human in appearance. They had four faces each, and each one of them had four wings. And their feet were straight, and the soles of their feet like the soles of a calf's feet, burnished liked hot bronze. And human hands under their wings on their four sides.

Related terms

• semblant

Descendants

• Spanish: semblanza