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1 semblant
semblant [sɑ̃blɑ̃]masculine noun• un semblant de calme/bonheur/vie/vérité a semblance of calm/happiness/life/truth* * *sɑ̃blɑ̃nom masculinelle fait semblant de rien, mais elle t'a vu — she's seen you but she's not letting on (colloq)
* * *sɑ̃blɑ̃ nmIl fait semblant de dormir. — He's pretending to be asleep.
* * *semblant nm un semblant de légalité/d'honnêteté a semblance of legality/of honesty; faire semblant de croire à qch/d'être triste to pretend to believe sth/to be sad; faire semblant que to pretend that; il n'est pas triste, il fait semblant he isn't really sad, he's only pretending; elle ne fait semblant de rien, mais elle t'a vu she's seen you but she's not letting on○; jouer à faire semblant to play ‘let's pretend’.[sɑ̃blɑ̃] nom masculin1. [apparence]offrir un semblant de résistance to put on a show of ou to put up a token resistance2. [feindre]ne fais pas semblant d'avoir oublié don't pretend to have forgotten ou (that) you've forgottenfaire semblant d'être malade to sham illness, to malinger -
2 semblant
make-believe, semblance
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semblance — ⇒SEMBLANCE, subst. fém. Vieilli ou littér. A. Au sing. Apparence, aspect sous lequel se présente quelqu un ou quelque chose et qui évoque quelqu un ou quelque chose de comparable. Il était devenu tout à fait joli homme, ayant (...) toute une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
semblance — Semblance, Similitudo, Simulachrum, Effigies, Species. Semblance d aucun, Imago. Semblance et representation de quelque chose, Idolum idoli. La semblance des choses que nostre pensée à conceuës, Spectrum. Quelque semblance et approche de diverses … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Semblance — Sem blance, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. [1913 Webster] Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
semblance — c.1300, fact of appearing to view, from O.Fr. semblance, semblant likeness, appearance, from sembler to seem, appear, from L. simulare to resemble, imitate, from similis like (see SIMILAR (Cf. similar)). Meaning person s appearance or demeanor is … Etymology dictionary
semblance — Semblance. s. f. Image, figure de quelque chose. Il n a guere d usage que dans cette phrase, Dieu a fait l homme à son image & semblance … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
semblance — I noun air, appearance, aspect, bearing, closeness, copy, counterpart, effect, example, exterior, guise, identity, illusion, image, imago, likeness, look, mien, outward form, replica, representation, resemblance, sameness, show, similarity,… … Law dictionary
semblance — *appearance, look, aspect Analogous words: *likeness, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity: *pose, affectation, air: *form, figure, shape … New Dictionary of Synonyms
semblance — [n] aura, appearance affinity, air, alikeness, analogy, aspect, bearing, comparison, facade, face, false front*, feel, feeling, figure, form, front, guise, image, likeness, mask, mien, mood, pose, pretense, resemblance, seeming, show, showing,… … New thesaurus
semblance — ► NOUN ▪ the outward appearance or apparent form of something. ORIGIN from Old French sembler seem , from Latin similare simulate … English terms dictionary
semblance — [sem′bləns] n. [ME < OFr < sembler, to seem, appear < L similare, to make like < similis, like: see SAME] 1. outward form or appearance; aspect 2. seeming likeness; resemblance 3. a likeness, image, or representation 4. false, assumed … English World dictionary
semblance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ vague ▪ Brad had his emotions under a vague semblance of control. VERB + SEMBLANCE ▪ have ▪ lack ▪ T … Collocations dictionary
