semblable

American  

[sem-bluh-buhl] / ˈsɛm blə bəl /

noun

1. a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.

2. Archaic. likeness; resemblance.

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adjective

Archaic.

1. like or similar.

2. seeming or apparent.

semblable British  

/ ˈsɛmbləbəl /

adjective

1. resembling or similar

2. apparent rather than real

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noun

1. something that resembles another thing

2. a resemblance

Other Word Forms

• semblably adverb

Etymology

Origin of semblable

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to sembl ( er ) to seem + -able -able. See semblance

Example Sentences

Except for the accident of time, she could have been the author’s bustled and corseted twin or sister, “mon semblable, ma soeur.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

Looking forward to it, mon semblable, mon frère.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2016

What do you know about it, mon semblable, mon frère?

From Time Magazine Archive

"Because bribery's too harsh a term to apply to an editor, mon semblable, mon frère; but in a woman, or a parliamentary candidate, it might possibly be called corruption."

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May

O vous qui passez dans les chemins, disait Jérusalem par la bouche du Pontife, regardez et voyez si jamais il y eut une douleur semblable à la mienne!

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael