"semblance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛm.bləns/ [UK] Audio: en-us-semblance.ogg [US] Forms: semblances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English semblaunce, from Old French semblance, from semblant, present participle of sembler. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|semblaunce}} Middle English semblaunce, {{der|en|fro|semblance}} Old French semblance, {{m|fro|semblant}} semblant, {{m|fro|sembler}} sembler Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} semblance (countable and uncountable, plural semblances)
  1. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (likeness): veneer Translations (likeness, similarity): сходство (shodstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), подобие (podobie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gelijkheid (Dutch), ulkonäkö (Finnish), Anschein [masculine] (German), דמיון (dimyón) [masculine] (Hebrew), amhlachas [masculine] (Irish), sembianza [feminine] (Italian), parvenza (Italian), apparenza [feminine] (Italian), effigiēs [feminine] (Latin), likhet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Änlichkjeit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), semelhança [feminine] (Portuguese), asemănare [feminine] (Romanian), similitudine [feminine] (Romanian), схо́дство (sxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), подо́бие (podóbije) [neuter] (Russian), coltas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), сли̏чно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), и̏згле̄д [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), slȉčnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉzglēd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), likhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-semblance-en-noun-Th-KrJPK Disambiguation of 'likeness': 82 18 Disambiguation of 'likeness, similarity': 89 11
  2. the way something looks; appearance; form Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-semblance-en-noun-qSeoNcT4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: semblaunce

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