likeness
English
/ˈlaɪknəs/
noun
Definitions
- The state or quality of being like or alike
- Appearance or form; guise.
- That which closely resembles; a portrait.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English liknesse inherited from Old English līcness inherited from *galīkanassī (likeness) suffix from English like (lich, body).
Origin
English
like
Gloss
lich, body
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
身, 体
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belike English
- beliked English
- dislike English
- forelike English
- liddat English
- likable English
- likam English
- like English
- like-cultured English
- like-gendered English
- like-minded English
- like-positioned English
- likeability English
- likeable English
- likeful English
- likeless English
- likely English
- liken English
- liker English
- likesome English
- likest English
- liketh English
- likewise English
- likeworthy English
- liking English
- likish English
- mislike English
- mislikeness English
- plainlike English
- semilike English
- such English
- suchlike English
- unlikable English
- unlike English
- which English
- Gleichnis German
- Like German
- liken German
- lájkol Hungarian
- gelijken Dutch, Flemish
- gelijkenis Dutch, Flemish
- liken Dutch, Flemish
- лайк Russian
- лайкать Russian
- лайкнуть Russian
- likear Spanish, Castilian
- lajk Polish
- gelicnes Old English
- līcness Old English
- liken Middle English
- liknesse Middle English
- ligne Danish
- lignelse Danish
- like Danish
- لایک Persian
- leicio Welsh
- gelîkenisse Middle Dutch
- gilīhnissi Old High German
- ilike Tagalog
- gelīchnisse Middle High German
- *galīkanassī gmw-pro
- gilīcnussi Old Dutch
- līkenisse Middle Low German
- giliknessi Old Saxon
- gilīknessi Old Saxon
- laik Tok Pisin
- laikim Tok Pisin
- leki Sranan Tongo
- laik Nigerian Pidgin
- like
- such
- likam
- liker
- liken
- which
- liddat
- likely
- liking
- likish
- likest
- belike
- liketh
- unlike
- beliked
- likeful
- dislike
- mislike
- likable
- suchlike
- likesome
- likeable
- forelike
- likeless
- semilike
- likewise
- plainlike
- unlikable
- likeworthy
- like-minded
- likeability
- mislikeness
- like-cultured
- like-gendered
- like-positioned