semblable

From Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able

semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)

1. (obsolete) similar
2. (obsolete) apparent
3. (obsolete) conformable

• semblability
• semblance

semblable (plural semblables)

1. (obsolete) something similar; likeness; representation
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2 (lines 115-120)

     […] but in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul

     of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness

     as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his

     mirror, and who else would trace him his umbrage,

     nothing more.

From sembler +‎ -able

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.blabl/

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semblable (plural semblables)

1. similar
   • Cette maison est assez semblable. This house is quite similar.

• similaire

• semblablement
• vraisemblable

semblable m or f (plural semblables)

1. (usually in the plural) something or someone that belongs to the same kind or species
   • Il prenait soin de ses semblables. - He cared for his kind.

• “semblable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).