simular

English

Etymology

Latin simulārius, from simulō (to simulate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/

Adjective

simular (comparative more simular, superlative most simular)

  1. (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit

Noun

simular (plural simulars)

  1. (archaic) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 54:
      Hide thee, thou bloody hand,
      Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue
      That art incestuous.
    • 1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures:
      Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for simular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semblar.

Pronunciation

Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulí, past participle simulat)

  1. to simulate

Conjugation

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semellar.

Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulei, past participle simulado)

  1. to simulate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semelhar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.muˈla(ʁ)/ [si.muˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.muˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.muˈla(ʁ)/ [si.muˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.muˈla(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.muˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /si.muˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: si‧mu‧lar

Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulei, past participle simulado)

  1. to simulate

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulāre. Doublet of semejar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simuˈlaɾ/ [si.muˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: si‧mu‧lar

Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulé, past participle simulado)

  1. to feign, to pretend
    Synonyms: fingir, pretender
  2. to simulate

Conjugation

Further reading

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