Definition
An outward appearance or apparent similarity to something, especially a false or superficial one.
Etymology
From Old French 'semblance' meaning appearance, from sembler (to seem), from Latin 'simulare' (to imitate). It emphasizes the appearance rather than reality.
Kelly Says
The 'sembl-' root also gives us 'resemble' and 'assemble'—they all come from that idea of seeming or appearing, showing how Latin 'simulare' branched into multiple English meanings!
Translations
BGБългарски
видимост
vi-DI-most
CACatalà
semblança
sem-BLAN-sa
DEDeutsch
Anschein
AN-shain
ESEspañol
semblanza
sem-BLAN-sa
ETEesti
välimus
vae-LI-mus
EUEuskara
itxura
it-XU-ra
FISuomi
ulkonäkö
ul-ko-NAE-koe
FRFrançais
semblant
sem-BLAN
GLGalego
semblanza
sem-BLAN-sa
HIहिन्दी
दिखावा
di-kha-va
HRHrvatski
privid
pri-VID
HUMagyar
látszat
LAAT-sat
IDBahasa Indonesia
kemiripan
ke-mi-ri-pan
ITItaliano
sembianza
sem-BYAN-tsa
LTLietuvių
panašumas
pa-na-SHU-mas
LVLatviešu
izskats
IZ-skats
MSBahasa Melayu
rupa
ru-pa
MYမြန်မာ
အတုအယောင်
a-tu-a-yaung
NLNederlands
schijn
skhain
PTPortuguês
semblança
sem-BLAN-sa
RORomână
semblanță
sem-BLAN-tsa
RUРусский
видимость
vi-DI-mast
SKSlovenčina
zdanie
ZDA-nye
SLSlovenščina
videz
vi-DEZ
SWKiswahili
mfano
m-FA-no
TEతెలుగు
స్వరూపం
sva-roo-pam
TRTürkçe
görünüş
gu-ru-NUUSH
UKУкраїнська
вигляд
vy-HLYAD
VITiếng Việt
vẻ bề ngoài
ve be ngoai