sembler
French
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to seem, to resemble
- (intransitive) to appear
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sembler inherited from Old French sambler inherited from Latin similāre, similis (similar, like, resembling) root from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sem-
Gloss
one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
好
Emoji
🕐️ 🕜️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beseem English
- dissimilar English
- dissimulation English
- misseem English
- resemblance English
- resemble English
- same English
- seem English
- seemer English
- seemest English
- seemeth English
- seemless English
- seemly English
- similarity English
- similarly English
- similarness English
- simile English
- similitude English
- *similiāre Latin
- absimilis Latin
- assimilāre Latin
- assimulō Latin
- dissimile Latin
- dissimilis Latin
- dissimulare Latin
- dissimulo Latin
- persimilis Latin
- semicupium Latin
- similaris Latin
- similis Latin
- similāns, similans, similāntem Latin
- similāntem Latin
- similāre Latin
- similō, similāre Latin
- simitu Latin
- simplex Latin
- simplicem Latin
- simplificor Latin
- simplus Latin
- simpulum Latin
- simul Latin
- simulare Latin
- simulācrum Latin
- simulātiōnem Latin
- simulātus Latin
- sincerus Latin
- singulus Latin
- singulārem Latin
- symbolus Latin
- assemblabile Italian
- assemblaggio Italian
- risembrare Italian
- sembrabile Italian
- sembrare Italian
- semiabbandonato Italian
- dissemblable French
- ressemblance French
- ressembler French
- semblabilité French
- semblable French
- semblablement French
- semblant French
- similaire French
- vraisemblable French
- σύμβολον Ancient Greek
- ἁμόθεν Ancient Greek
- ἁπλόος Ancient Greek
- ἄκοιτις Ancient Greek
- ἄλοχος Ancient Greek
- ἄμυδις Ancient Greek
- ἅμα Ancient Greek
- ἅπας Ancient Greek
- ἕτερος Ancient Greek
- ὁμοῦ Ancient Greek
- ὅμοιος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ḱm̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *sem- Proto-Indo-European
- *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Indo-European
- *sem-ǵʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *smih₂, *sḗm Proto-Indo-European
- *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂, *ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥-gʷelbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥-meh₁lom Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥-pn̥kʷu- Proto-Indo-European
- *somHós Proto-Indo-European
- *sēmi Proto-Indo-European
- *sēmi-, *sēmi Proto-Indo-European
- *sḗm Proto-Indo-European
- *sḿ̥teros Proto-Indo-European
- *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- assemelhar Portuguese
- semelhante Portuguese
- semelhança Portuguese
- semelhar Portuguese
- *samana Proto-Germanic
- *samaz Proto-Germanic
- *samjaną Proto-Germanic
- *samnōną Proto-Germanic
- *sin- Proto-Germanic
- *sumaraz Proto-Germanic
- *sumaz Proto-Germanic
- *sōmijaną Proto-Germanic
- semen Middle English
- annsamligr Old Norse
- athugasamliga Old Norse
- athugasamligr Old Norse
- athugasamr Old Norse
- frjósamr Old Norse
- sam- Old Norse
- sami Old Norse
- samligr Old Norse
- sem Old Norse
- þurfsamr Old Norse
- sambler Old French
- semblance Old French
- semble, (il) semble Old French
- sembler Old French
- símil Catalan, Valencian
- semellante Galician
- semellanza Galician
- semellar Galician
- seamăn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- هم Persian
- fel Welsh
- համ- Old Armenian
- semblar Ido
- semblier Norman
- sembler Middle French
- semellar Old Portuguese
- *samalis Proto-Celtic
- *sāmos Proto-Celtic
- semblar Occitan
- *sem-g-lo- Proto-Italic
- someance Friulian
- someâ Friulian
- semblar Old Occitan
- sembrar Old Occitan
- *som Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sanble Haitian, Haitian Creole
- semble Louisiana Creole French