semblable

[sem-bluh-buhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
Archaic.��likeness; resemblance.

adjective

Archaic.

like or similar.
seeming or apparent.

semblable

/ ˈ��ɛ��ə��ə�� /

adjective

resembling or similar
apparent rather than real

noun

something that resembles another thing
a resemblance

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Other Word Forms

semblably adverb
ˈ��𳾲�� adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of semblable¹

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to sembl ( er ) to seem + -able -able. See semblance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of semblable¹

C14: from Old French, from sembler to seem; see _semblance

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The ending of one of his most memorable poems, “Mon Semblable,” from his 1990 collection “Between Angels,” has inspired artworks and has been repeatedly quoted in online forums:

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Except for the accident of time, she could have been the author’s bustled and corseted twin or sister, “mon semblable, ma soeur.”

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Eliot, “You!��hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!”

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We pass like ships in the night—mon semblable, mon frère—never looking up.

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Cette pyramide, sauf les dimensions, est absolument semblable aux pyramides d'�gypte.

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sematology semblance

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