"semblable" meaning in All languages combined

See semblable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛmbləbəl/ Forms: more semblable [comparative], most semblable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|frm|}} Middle French [Term?], {{der|en|fro|sembler||to be like}} Old French sembler (“to be like”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)
  1. (obsolete) similar Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-semblable-en-adj-AKngjOTG
  2. (obsolete) apparent Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-semblable-en-adj-B5Sv0bw8
  3. (obsolete) conformable Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-semblable-en-adj-f7P4eDlX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semblability, semblance

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛmbləbəl/ Forms: semblables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|frm|}} Middle French [Term?], {{der|en|fro|sembler||to be like}} Old French sembler (“to be like”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} semblable (plural semblables)
  1. (obsolete) something similar; likeness; representation Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-semblable-en-noun-ijgQ9Rg1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 5 5 54

Adjective [French]

IPA: /sɑ̃.blabl/ Audio: Fr-semblable.ogg Forms: semblables [plural]
Etymology: From sembler + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|sembler|-able}} sembler + -able Head templates: {{fr-adj}} semblable (plural semblables)
  1. similar Synonyms: similaire Derived forms: semblablement, vraisemblable
    Sense id: en-semblable-fr-adj-AKngjOTG

Noun [French]

IPA: /sɑ̃.blabl/ Audio: Fr-semblable.ogg Forms: semblables [plural]
Etymology: From sembler + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|sembler|-able}} sembler + -able Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} semblable m or f by sense (plural semblables)
  1. (usually in the plural) something or someone that belongs to the same kind or species Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-semblable-fr-noun-MX6CtGPt Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, French terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 0 0 33 4 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 0 23 3 72 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 29 71 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -able: 14 86

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blabl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-semblable.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Fr-semblable.ogg/Fr-semblable.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Fr-semblable.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semblable"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.