semblance

semblant, apparence

Apparence d’une qualité ou d’une situation qui n’existe pas vraiment ou existe à peine.

En anglais simple : An appearance of a quality or situation, even when it is absent or barely exists.

• She kept a semblance of calm.
• The guards restored some semblance of order.
• His friendly smile gave the meeting a semblance of warmth.

Comment l'utiliser : a semblance of something (We tried to maintain a semblance of normality.)

Synonymes : appearance, show

Expressions courantes : a semblance of order, maintain a semblance, restore some semblance

apparence, aspect

Forme ou aspect visible de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The visible shape or appearance of someone or something.

• Its semblance changed in the light.
• The creature had a strange, almost human semblance.
• She studied the statue’s outward semblance.

Synonymes : appearance, form

Expressions courantes : outward semblance, human semblance

ressemblance

Apparence qui rappelle celle d’une autre personne ou chose.

En anglais simple : An appearance that looks like someone or something else.

• The carving bore a semblance of her face.
• They built a rough semblance of the original house.
• The clouds took on the semblance of distant mountains.

Comment l'utiliser : a semblance of someone/something (The mask bore a semblance of his face.)

Synonymes : likeness, resemblance

Expressions courantes : a semblance of someone, bear some semblance

apparition, vision

Figure ou image qui semble apparaître devant les yeux, surtout si elle est irréelle.

En anglais simple : A figure or image that seems to appear before your eyes, especially something unreal.

• A pale semblance appeared before him.
• She saw the semblance of her father in a dream.
• The ghostly semblance faded into the mist.

Comment l'utiliser : the semblance of someone/something (The semblance of a woman appeared in the doorway.)

Synonymes : apparition, vision, phantom

Expressions courantes : a ghostly semblance, the semblance of someone