resemblance
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). See resemble
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹəzˈɛmbləns/
Noun
resemblance (countable and uncountable, plural resemblances)
- The quality or state of resembling
- Synonyms: likeness, similitude, similarity
- That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
- A comparison; a simile.
- Probability; verisimilitude.
Synonyms
Translations
state of resembling
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that which resembles
comparison
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probability
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Old French
Noun
resemblance f (oblique plural resemblances, nominative singular resemblance, nominative plural resemblances)
- similarity (taken as a whole, the qualities than make two or more things similar)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (resemblance, supplement)
- resemblance on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (has no entry, but lists one citation)
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