semelhante
Meaning
similar, alike
Frequency
Hyphenated as
se‧me‧lhan‧te
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/se.meˈʎɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
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.
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