resemblance

== English == === Alternative forms === resemblaunce === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/ Rhymes: -ɛmbləns Hyphenation: re‧sem‧blance === Noun === resemblance (countable and uncountable, plural resemblances) The quality or state of resembling. Synonyms: likeness, similitude, similarity That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. A comparison; a simile. Probability; verisimilitude. ==== Synonyms ==== likeness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== semblance ==== Translations ==== == Old French == === Etymology === resembler +‎ -ance. === Noun === resemblance oblique singular, f (oblique plural resemblances, nominative singular resemblance, nominative plural resemblances) similarity (taken as a whole, the qualities than make two or more things similar) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “resemblance”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. resemblance on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (has no entry, but lists one citation)