Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semblant

/ˈsɛmblənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sem-blant
IPA: /ˈsɛmblənt/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One's outward appearance.

Obsolete

adj

Like; resembling.

Obsolete

adj

Seeming, rather than real; apparent.

Example Sentences

"But vnder simple shew and semblant plaine / Lurckt false Duessa secretly vnseene […]"
"their eyes survey The semblant shade"
"[C]ommands ... that there be a just real union [of Scotland and England] as of brother and brother, not a false and merely semblant one as of slave and master."

Etymology

Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *sem-, semblant

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

semblants (plural) semblaunt (alternative, obsolete) more semblant (comparative) most semblant (superlative)

Phrases

make semblant

Questions

How do you pronounce semblant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛmblənt/.
What does semblant mean?: One's outward appearance.
Where does semblant come from?: It is traced to French.

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