seem

Signification (Anglais)

1. To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

Concepts

sembler

paraître

apparaître

avoir l’air

ressembler

apparoir

avoir l’air de

concorder

convenir à

être décent

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/siːm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).

Phrases

The microstructures of martensite and bainite at first seem quite similar .

Les microstructures de la martensite et de la bainite semblent d'abord assez similaires.