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Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *similiantem, present participle of *similiāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“similar”). By surface analysis, semejar + -ante. Compare Galician semellante, Portuguese semelhante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /semeˈxante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: se‧me‧jan‧te
Adjective
semejante m or f (masculine and feminine plural semejantes)
- similar
- Synonyms: parecido, símil, similar
- Antonym: desemejante
- such
- what a (when followed by a noun)
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