semelhança
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese semellança, equivalent to semelhar + -ança, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *similiantia, from Late Latin similantia, plural of similāns (“similar”), from Latin similō (“to imitate”), from similis (“similar”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”). Compare Galician semellanza, Spanish semejanza, Catalan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Italian somiglianza.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.meˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.meˈʎɐ̃.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.mɨˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
- Hyphenation: se‧me‧lhan‧ça
Noun
semelhança f (plural semelhanças)
- (uncountable) resemblance (state of resembling)
- Synonyms: parecença, similaridade, similitude
- an aspect or characteristic which is similar in two people or objects
- Synonyms: analogia, similaridade, símile
- appearance; aspect; look
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “resemblance”): diferença, dissemelhança
- (antonym(s) of “similar aspect”): diferença, disparidade
Related terms
- semelhante
- semelhantemente
- semelhar
- semelhável
- semelhavelmente
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