like

Signification

Verb

1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
2. To please.
3. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
4. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
5. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
6. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
7. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
8. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
9. To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
10. To want, desire. See also would like.
11. (informal) Of inanimate objects:
12. (informal) Of inanimate objects:

Noun

1. Something that a person likes (prefers).
2. An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

Adj

1. Similar.
2. Likely; probable.
3. inclined (to), prone (to).

Adv

1. (colloquial,obsolete) Likely.
2. In a like or similar manner.

Noun

1. Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
2. The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

Conj

1. (colloquial) As, the way.
2. (colloquial) As if; as though.

Prep

1. Similar to, reminiscent of
2. Typical of
3. Approximating
4. In the manner of, similarly to
5. Such as
6. As if there would be
7. Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something

Particle

1. Likely.
2. (colloquial) A delayed filler.
3. (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
4. (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/laɪ̯k/

Étymologie

Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian liekje (“to be similar, resemble”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German Low German lieken (“to be like; resemble”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Swedish lika (“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Icelandic líka (“to like”).
Noun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”).

Phrases

What was she like ?

Comment était-elle?

How would you like to work for me ?

Comment aimeriez-vous travailler pour moi?

You mean spies and things like that ?

Vous voulez dire des espions et des choses comme ça?

It was a tent like many at the oasis .

C'était une tente comme beaucoup à l'oasis.

She danced like a swan , tall and graceful .

Elle a dansé comme un cygne, grand et gracieux.

He has done so much ghostwriting that he starts to feel like a ghost , too .

Il a fait tellement de fantômes qu'il commence à se sentir aussi comme un fantôme.

You'll take fifty and like it !

Vous en prendrez cinquante et vous l'aimerez!

His popular exhibitions went under the banner You've never seen anything like it !

Ses expositions populaires sont passées sous la bannière que vous n'avez jamais rien vu de tel!