semelhante

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • similhante (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese semelhante, from Vulgar Latin *similiantem, present participle of *similiāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“similar”). By surface analysis, semelhar +‎ -ante. Compare Galician semellante, Spanish semejante.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.mɨˈʎɐ̃.tɨ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
  • Hyphenation: se‧me‧lhan‧te

Adjective

semelhante m or f (plural semelhantes, comparable, comparative mais semelhante, superlative o mais semelhante or semelhantíssimo)

  1. similar, alike [with a ‘to someone/something’]

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