semblable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsemblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)
Derived terms
editNoun
editsemblable (plural semblables)
- (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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsemblable (plural semblables)
Derived terms
editNoun
editsemblable m or f by sense (plural semblables)
- (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.
Further reading
edit- “semblable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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