semelhante

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese semellante, 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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.meˈʎɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.meˈʎɐ̃.te/

(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)

similar, alike

References

“semelhante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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