"dissimilar" meaning in English

See dissimilar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈsɪmɪlə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-dissimilar.wav [US] Forms: more dissimilar [comparative], most dissimilar [superlative]
Etymology: dis- + similar Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{prefix|en|dis|similar}} dis- + similar Head templates: {{en-adj}} dissimilar (comparative more dissimilar, superlative most dissimilar)
  1. Not similar; unalike; different. Derived forms: dissimilarity Translations (not similar): ἀνόμοιος (anómoios) (Ancient Greek), башҡа (başqa) (Bashkir), непадо́бны (njepadóbny) (Belarusian), адро́зны (adrózny) (Belarusian), disheñvel (Breton), различен (različen) (Bulgarian), неприличащ (nepriličašt) (Bulgarian), несхо́ден (neshóden) (Bulgarian), ulig (Danish), ongelijk (Dutch), malsimila (Esperanto), erilainen (Finnish), dissemblable (French), différent (French), disimilar (Galician), უცხო (ucxo) (Georgian), ungleich (German), ανόμοιος (anómoios) (Greek), éagsúil (Irish), difriúil (Irish), dispār (Latin), dissimilis (Latin), ulik (Norwegian Bokmål), dissimilar (Portuguese), непохо́жий (nepoxóžij) (Russian), несхо́дный (nesxódnyj) (Russian), отли́чный (otlíčnyj) (Russian), несхо́жий (nesxóžij) (Russian), nepodoben [masculine] (Slovene), desemejante (Spanish), disímil (Spanish), olik (Swedish), несхо́жий (nesxóžyj) (Ukrainian), неподі́бний (nepodíbnyj) (Ukrainian), відмі́нний (vidmínnyj) (Ukrainian)

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