ressembler
French
editEtymology
editFrom re- + sembler. Compare Italian rassomigliare.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editressembler
- (transitive with à) to resemble (to share similar qualities with)
- Synonym: tenir de
- Ne trouvez-vous pas qu’elles ressemblent à leur mère ?
- Don't you find that they resemble their mother?
- (reciprocal reflexive) to be similar to each other
- Ils se ressemblent beaucoup, presque comme deux gouttes d’eau.
- They resemble each other a lot, almost like two peas in a pod.
- (transitive with à) to look like, to resemble (to have physical or behavioral similarities with)
- Synonym: avoir l’air de
Usage notes
edit- Not to be confused with rassembler.
Conjugation
editConjugation of ressembler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ressembler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ressemblant /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ressemblé /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect | ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
ressemblaient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ressemblai /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
ressemblas /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressembla /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressemblâmes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blam/ |
ressemblâtes /ʁə.sɑ̃.blat/ |
ressemblèrent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | ressemblerai /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ressembleras /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
ressemblera /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
ressemblerons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ressemblerez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ressembleront /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerais /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerait /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ressemblerions /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ressembleriez /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/ |
ressembleraient /ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressembles /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
ressemblions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ressembliez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
ressemblent /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect2 | ressemblasse /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
ressemblasses /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
ressemblât /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
ressemblassions /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
ressemblassiez /ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sje/ |
ressemblassent /ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ressemble /ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
— | ressemblons /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
ressemblez /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se ressembler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se ressembler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se ressemblant /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ressemblé /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me ressemble /mə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
te ressembles /tə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
se ressemble /sə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
nous ressemblons /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
vous ressemblez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
se ressemblent /sə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect | me ressemblais /mə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
te ressemblais /tə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
se ressemblait /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ |
nous ressemblions /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
vous ressembliez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
se ressemblaient /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me ressemblai /mə ʁə.sɑ̃.ble/ |
te ressemblas /tə ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
se ressembla /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
nous ressemblâmes /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.blam/ |
vous ressemblâtes /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.blat/ |
se ressemblèrent /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | me ressemblerai /mə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
te ressembleras /tə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
se ressemblera /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
nous ressemblerons /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous ressemblerez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
se ressembleront /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me ressemblerais /mə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
te ressemblerais /tə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
se ressemblerait /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
nous ressemblerions /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous ressembleriez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/ |
se ressembleraient /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me ressemble /mə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
te ressembles /tə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
se ressemble /sə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
nous ressemblions /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
vous ressembliez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.bli.je/ |
se ressemblent /sə ʁə.sɑ̃bl/ |
| imperfect2 | me ressemblasse /mə ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
te ressemblasses /tə ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ |
se ressemblât /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.bla/ |
nous ressemblassions /nu ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
vous ressemblassiez /vu ʁə.sɑ̃.bla.sje/ |
se ressemblassent /sə ʁə.sɑ̃.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ressemble-toi /ʁə.sɑ̃bl.twa/ |
— | ressemblons-nous /ʁə.sɑ̃.blɔ̃.nu/ |
ressemblez-vous /ʁə.sɑ̃.ble.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “ressembler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.