semble
See also: semblé
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛmbəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”).
Verb
semble (third-person singular simple present sembles, present participle sembling, simple past and past participle sembled)
- (obsolete) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
- 1706, Matthew Prior, An Ode humbly inscrib'd to the queen
- Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
- 1706, Matthew Prior, An Ode humbly inscrib'd to the queen
- (law, third-person singular only) It seems; it appears that
Etymology 2
From Middle English semble, from Old French semble.
Adjective
semble (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Like; resembling.
- 1584, Thomas Hudson, Judith
- name and deede that bare the semble stile
- 1584, Thomas Hudson, Judith
References
semble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- mebles
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
semble
- inflection of sembler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- blêmes
Ido
Adverb
semble
- apparently, seemingly
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French sembler (“to resemble, seem”), compare Haitian Creole sanble.
Verb
semble
- to resemble
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Spanish
Verb
semble
- inflection of semblar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative