resemblance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/ (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or state of resembling.
His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 16–17:Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
2001 April 16, J. Michael Davis, “Manganese and Rhenium”, in Patty's Toxicology, →DOI:
- (countable, uncountable) That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
- (countable, uncountable) A comparison; a simile.
- (countable, uncountable) Probability; verisimilitude.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| resemblaunce | alternative | lexicographic | |
| resemblances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonresemblance · family resemblance · misresemblance
Relateds
Synonyms
similitude · likeness · likeness · similarity
Translations (59)
sv likhet (state of resembling) · pdt Änlichkjeit (state of resembling) · no likhet (that which resembles) · ota اوخشامه (state of resembling) · it rassomiglianza (state of resembling) · bg подобие (that which resembles) · oc semblança (state of resembling) · gd coltas (probability) · gd coltas (that which resembles) · bg сходство (state of resembling) · hy նմանություն (state of resembling) · pt semelhança (state of resembling) · fi samankaltaisuus (state of resembling) · da sammenligning (comparison) · fr ressemblance (that which resembles) · es resemblanza (state of resembling) · sw mfanano (state of resembling) · gl parecido (that which resembles) · it somiglianza (state of resembling) · da sandsynlighed (probability) · ast asemeyanza (state of resembling) · bg прилика (state of resembling) · fi samanlaisuus (state of resembling) · es parecido (state of resembling) · fr comparaison (comparison) · da lighed (state of resembling) · da lighed (that which resembles) · gl semellanza (state of resembling) · grc ὁμοιότης (state of resembling) · it assomiglianza (state of resembling) · es parecido (that which resembles) · bg подо́бие (comparison) · fr ressemblance (state of resembling) · vec somejansa (state of resembling) · es semejanza (comparison) · bg при́лика (probability) · de Ähnlichkeit (state of resembling) · gd coltas (state of resembling) · ast semeyanza (state of resembling) · ca semblança (state of resembling) · hi समानता (state of resembling) · fi yhtäläisyys (state of resembling) · no likhet (state of resembling) · bg правдоподо́бност (probability) · ka მსგავსება (state of resembling) · fr probabilité (probability) · af ooreenstemming (state of resembling) · fur someance (state of resembling) · te పోలిక (state of resembling) · es semejanza (state of resembling) · es parecido (comparison) · ru схо́дство (state of resembling) · ru сравне́ние (comparison) · bg схо́дство (comparison) · ru вероя́тность (probability) · fi yhdennäköisyys (state of resembling) · sv likhet (that which resembles) · es semejanza (that which resembles) · ga cosúlacht (state of resembling)