semblable

American  

[sem-bluh-buhl] / ˈsɛm blə bəl /

noun

1. a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.

2. Archaic. likeness; resemblance.

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adjective

Archaic.

1. like or similar.

2. seeming or apparent.

semblable British  

/ ˈsɛmbləbəl /

adjective

1. resembling or similar

2. apparent rather than real

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noun

1. something that resembles another thing

2. a resemblance

Other Word Forms

• semblably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of semblable

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to sembl ( er ) to seem + -able -able. See semblance

Example Sentences

Except for the accident of time, she could have been the author’s bustled and corseted twin or sister, “mon semblable, ma soeur.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

Looking forward to it, mon semblable, mon frère.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2016

What do you know about it, mon semblable, mon frère?

From Time Magazine Archive

Sans doute est-ce un r�le tut�laire � peu pr�s semblable qui, dans la croyance populaire, est d�volu � un autre homme-f�e, plus sp�cialement affect� au rivage de la mer, comme l’indique son nom de Yann-An-�d.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

C'�toit donc une roche semblable aux primitives, et pourtant d'une formation post�rieure � celle de la pierre calcaire.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James