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semblable
[ sem-bluh-buhl ]
noun
- a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
- Archaic. likeness; resemblance.
adjective
Archaic.
- like or similar.
- seeming or apparent.
semblable
/ ˈɛəə /
adjective
- resembling or similar
- apparent rather than real
noun
- something that resembles another thing
- a resemblance
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
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Other Word Forms
- b· adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of semblable1
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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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