"sembler" meaning in French

See sembler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sɑ̃.ble/ Audio: Fr-sembler.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French sembler, from Old French sembler, from Late Latin similāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“similar”). Doublet of simuler. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|sembler|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French sembler, {{inh+|fr|frm|sembler}} Inherited from Middle French sembler, {{inh|fr|fro|sembler}} Old French sembler, {{inh|fr|LL.|similō|similāre}} Late Latin similāre, {{der|fr|la|similis|t=similar}} Latin similis (“similar”), {{doublet|fr|simuler}} Doublet of simuler Head templates: {{fr-verb}} sembler Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sembler [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], semblant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], semblé [participle, past], semble [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sembles [indicative, present, second-person, singular], semble [indicative, present, singular, third-person], semblons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], semblez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], semblent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], semblais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], semblais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], semblait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], semblions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], sembliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], semblaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], semblai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], semblas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], sembla [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], semblâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], semblâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], semblèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], semblerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], sembleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], semblera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], semblerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], semblerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], sembleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], semblerais [conditional, first-person, singular], semblerais [conditional, second-person, singular], semblerait [conditional, singular, third-person], semblerions [conditional, first-person, plural], sembleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], sembleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], semble [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], sembles [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], semble [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], semblions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], sembliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], semblent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], semblasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], semblasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], semblât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], semblassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], semblassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], semblassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], semble [imperative, second-person, singular], semblons [first-person, imperative, plural], semblez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to seem, to resemble Tags: impersonal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sembler-fr-verb-DQjJy2dz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 56 44
  2. (intransitive) to appear Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sembler-fr-verb-RRJvaosk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bon lui semble, ce me semble Related terms: ressembler, semblable, semblant, vraisemblable

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bon lui semble"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ce me semble"
    }
  ],
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      "text": "Haitian Creole: sanble"
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blɛ/",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "semblait",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bla/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "semblâmes",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "semblâtes",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblèrent",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerai",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembleras",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblera",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerons",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerez",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembleront",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerais",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerais",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerait",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblerions",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembleriez",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembleraient",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semble",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃bl/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembles",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃bl/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semble",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃bl/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblions",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sembliez",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bli.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblent",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃bl/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblasse",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblasses",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblât",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bla/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblassions",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblassiez",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.bla.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblassent",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semble",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃bl/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblons",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.blɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semblez",
      "ipa": "/sɑ̃.ble/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sembler",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ressembler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "semblable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "semblant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vraisemblable"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There would seem to be significant differences between the two groups.",
          "text": "Il semblerait qu’il y ait des différences significatives entre les deux groupes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seem, to resemble"
      ],
      "id": "en-sembler-fr-verb-DQjJy2dz",
      "links": [
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "resemble",
          "resemble"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "ressembler"
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      "word": "semblable"
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      "word": "semblant"
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      "word": "vraisemblable"
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          "english": "There would seem to be significant differences between the two groups.",
          "text": "Il semblerait qu’il y ait des différences significatives entre les deux groupes.",
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