semelhança
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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese semelhança, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *similiantia, from Late Latin similantia, plural of similāns (“similar”), from Latin similō (“to imitate”). By surface analysis, semelhar + -ança.
Compare Galician semellanza, Spanish semejanza, Catalan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Italian somiglianza.
Pronunciation
- 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