semblablement, adv., likewise, too, also, in like manner.
☉semblance, n.f., resemblance, semblance, look, likeness.
semblant, n.m., appearance, semblance, seeming, air, look; pretense, show, sham. Faux —; false pretense. Faire —; to feign, to pretend, to dissemble, to seem, to appear as if. Il fait — de ne pas le voir; he pretends not to see it. Ne faire — de rien; to appear to take no notice (of); to feign ignorance (of). Sans faire — de rien; looking as if nothing was the matter.
sembler, v.n., to seem, to appear. Cela me semble ainsi; it appears so to me. Il semble; it seems, it appears, it would appear. Il me semble que je le vois; I think, or I fancy, I see him. Il lui semble que; he fancies that. Que vous en semble? what do you think of it? Il lui semble que cela n’est rien; he thinks it is nothing. Si bon lui semble; if he thinks fit. C’est ce qui me semble; precisely as I thought. Il semble que ce soit; it seems that it is. Il me semble que c’est; it seems to me that it is.
semé, -e, part., sowed, sown; strewn (with); interspersed (with); (her.) aspersed. — d’étoiles; bespangled with stars. — de fleurs; strewn with flowers.
séméiologie, n.f., semeiology.
séméiotique, n.f., semeiotics.
semelle, n.f., sole (of boots, shoes); foot (of stockings); length of a foot; (carp.) sleeper; dormant-tree; shoe (of an anchor). — simple; single sole. Battre la —; to pad the hoof, to tramp; to warm one’s feet, or trudge about. Reculer d’une —; to give way a foot. Ne pas rompre d’une —; not to draw back a step; not to give way an inch. Rompre la —; (fencing) to retire in parrying. — de dérive; (nav.) lee-board.
semence, n.f., seed; seeds; saving; fine sprigs (small nails, tin tacks); (fig.) cause. — de perles; seed-pearl. — d’un procès; cause of a lawsuit. — de diamant; diamond-sparks.
semencine, n.f., (pharm.) one of the three kinds of wormwood.