appearance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɪə.ɹəns/
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• General-American: /əˈpiɹ.əns/
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• General-American: ə-pîrʹəns
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 P IH1 R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).

264 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verskyning — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Albanian: pamje — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Arabic: ظُهُور (ẓuhūr) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Belarusian: з'яўле́нне (zʺjawljénnje) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Belarusian: паяўле́нне (pajawljénnje) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Bulgarian: появя́ване (pojavjávane) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Catalan: aparició — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Chinese Mandarin: 出現 /出现 (chūxiàn) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Czech: objevení se — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Dutch: verschijning — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Esperanto: apero — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Finnish: ilmestyminen — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Finnish: ilmaantuminen — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• French: apparition — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Galician: aparición — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• German: Erscheinen — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• German: Auftritt — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Greek: εμφάνιση (emfánisi) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Ancient Greek: φάσις (phásis) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Hebrew: הופעה (hofa'a) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Hindi: दिखना (dikhnā) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Hungarian: megjelenés — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Hungarian: feltűnés — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Irish: nochtadh — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Italian: apparizione — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Italian: comparsa — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Japanese: 出現 (shutsugen) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Javanese: rupa — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Javanese: warna — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Javanese: warni — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Central Kurdish: دەرپەڕین (derperrîn) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Macedonian: појавување (pojavuvanje) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Māori: kōwhitinga — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Māori: putanga — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Old English: ætīewednes — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Persian: پدیدار شدن — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Portuguese: aparição — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Portuguese: aparecimento — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Romanian: apariție — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Romanian: înfățișare — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Romanian: aparență — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Russian: появле́ние (pojavlénije) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Serbo-Croatian: pojavljivanje — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Sicilian: apparizziuni — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Sicilian: cumparizziuni — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Slovene: pojavitev — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Spanish: aparición — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Spanish: aparecimiento — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Swedish: ankomst — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Turkish: zuhur — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Ukrainian: поя́ва (pojáva) — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Vietnamese: xuất hiện — the act of appearing or coming into sight
• Arabic: مَظْهَر (maẓhar) — a thing seen
• Belarusian: з'я́ва (zʺjáva) — a thing seen
• Bulgarian: явле́ние (javlénie) — a thing seen
• Catalan: aparició — a thing seen
• Esperanto: aperaĵo — a thing seen
• Finnish: ilmiö — a thing seen
• Finnish: ilmentymä — a thing seen
• French: apparition — a thing seen
• Galician: aparición — a thing seen
• Hindi: उपस्थित (upasthit) — a thing seen
• Indonesian: kenampakan — a thing seen
• Italian: apparizione — a thing seen
• Italian: visione — a thing seen
• Old English: hīew — a thing seen
• Old English: hīewung — a thing seen
• Polish: zjawisko — a thing seen
• Portuguese: aparição — a thing seen
• Romanian: apariție — a thing seen
• Romanian: viziune — a thing seen
• Russian: явле́ние (javlénije) — a thing seen
• Sicilian: apparizziuni — a thing seen
• Sicilian: visiuni — a thing seen
• Spanish: aparición — a thing seen
• Swedish: framträdande — a thing seen
• Ukrainian: з'я́висько (zʺjávysʹko) — a thing seen
• Ukrainian: ви́димість (výdymistʹ) — a thing seen
• Vietnamese: hiện tượng — a thing seen
• Arabic: مَظْهَر (maẓhar) — personal presence, form or look
• Arabic: شَكْل (šakl) — personal presence, form or look
• Arabic: هَيْئَة (hayʔa) — personal presence, form or look
• Armenian: արտաքին (artakʻin) — personal presence, form or look
• Assamese: চেহেৰা (sehera) — personal presence, form or look
• Assamese: ৰূপ (rup) — personal presence, form or look
• Azerbaijani: zahir — personal presence, form or look
• Belarusian: аблі́чча (ablíčča) — personal presence, form or look
• Belarusian: во́нкавы вы́гляд (vónkavy výhljad) — personal presence, form or look
• Belarusian: вы́гляд (výhljad) — personal presence, form or look
• Belarusian: во́нкавасць (vónkavascʹ) — personal presence, form or look
• Bengali: চেহারা (cehara) — personal presence, form or look
• Bengali: রূপ (rup) — personal presence, form or look
• Bengali: সুরত (śurot) — personal presence, form or look
• Bulgarian: въ́ншност (vǎ́nšnost) — personal presence, form or look
• Bulgarian: въ́ншен вид (vǎ́nšen vid) — personal presence, form or look
• Catalan: aparença — personal presence, form or look
• Chinese Cantonese: 外貌 (ngoi6 maau6) — personal presence, form or look
• Chinese Mandarin: 外貌 (wàimào) — personal presence, form or look
• Chinese Mandarin: 模樣 /模样 (múyàng) — personal presence, form or look
• Chinese Mandarin: 樣子 /样子 (yàngzi) — personal presence, form or look
• Esperanto: aspekto — personal presence, form or look
• Finnish: julkiasu — personal presence, form or look
• Finnish: ulkomuoto — personal presence, form or look
• Finnish: ulkonäkö — personal presence, form or look
• Finnish: tuntomerkit — personal presence, form or look
• French: apparence — personal presence, form or look
• Georgian: შესახედაობა (šesaxedaoba) — personal presence, form or look
• Georgian: გარეგნობა (garegnoba) — personal presence, form or look
• German: Aussehen — personal presence, form or look
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns) — personal presence, form or look
• Greek: εμφάνιση (emfánisi) — personal presence, form or look
• Ancient Greek: ἰδέα (idéa) — personal presence, form or look
• Hindi: रूप (rūp) — personal presence, form or look
• Hindi: रूप-रंग (rūp-raṅg) — personal presence, form or look
• Hindi: भेस (bhes) — personal presence, form or look
• Hungarian: kinézet — personal presence, form or look
• Hungarian: megjelenés — personal presence, form or look
• Ingrian: kaanu — personal presence, form or look
• Ingrian: koosi — personal presence, form or look
• Irish: comharthaí — personal presence, form or look
• Irish: comharthaí aithne — personal presence, form or look
• Irish: comharthaí sóirt — personal presence, form or look
• Italian: apparenza — personal presence, form or look
• Italian: aspetto — personal presence, form or look
• Italian: sembianza — personal presence, form or look
• Italian: aria — personal presence, form or look
• Italian: cera — personal presence, form or look
• Japanese: 様子 (yōsu) — personal presence, form or look
• Japanese: 外観 (gaikan) — personal presence, form or look
• Japanese: 見掛け (mikake) — personal presence, form or look
• Kazakh: сиық (siyq) — personal presence, form or look
• Latin: speciēs — personal presence, form or look
• Latin: vultum — personal presence, form or look
• Macedonian: изглед (izgled) — personal presence, form or look
• Middle English: wlite — personal presence, form or look
• Navajo: iʼnoolinígíí — personal presence, form or look
• Old English: hīew — personal presence, form or look
• Old English: ansīen — personal presence, form or look
• Old English: wlite — personal presence, form or look
• Old English: andwlita — personal presence, form or look
• Polish: wygląd — personal presence, form or look
• Polish: aparycja — personal presence, form or look
• Polish: powierzchowność — personal presence, form or look
• Portuguese: aparência — personal presence, form or look
• Romanian: înfățișare — personal presence, form or look
• Romanian: aspect — personal presence, form or look
• Romanian: aparență — personal presence, form or look
• Romansh: apparientscha — personal presence, form or look
• Russian: вне́шность (vnéšnostʹ) — personal presence, form or look
• Russian: вне́шний вид (vnéšnij vid) — personal presence, form or look
• Russian: о́блик (óblik) — personal presence, form or look
• Sanskrit: रूप (rūpa) — personal presence, form or look
• Serbo-Croatian: pojava — personal presence, form or look
• Serbo-Croatian: izgled — personal presence, form or look
• Serbo-Croatian: vanjština — personal presence, form or look
• Sicilian: figura — personal presence, form or look
• Sicilian: aspettu — personal presence, form or look
• Slovene: videz — personal presence, form or look
• Slovene: zunanjost — personal presence, form or look
• Spanish: apariencia — personal presence, form or look
• Spanish: hechura — personal presence, form or look
• Spanish: estampa — personal presence, form or look
• Spanish: talle — personal presence, form or look
• Swedish: utseende — personal presence, form or look
• Tahitian: hohoʻa — personal presence, form or look
• Ottoman Turkish: نمایش (nümayiş) — personal presence, form or look
• Ukrainian: зо́внішній ви́гляд (zóvnišnij výhljad) — personal presence, form or look
• Ukrainian: зо́внішність (zóvnišnistʹ) — personal presence, form or look
• Vietnamese: bề ngoài — personal presence, form or look
• Arabic: شَكْل (šakl) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Belarusian: во́нкавасць (vónkavascʹ) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Bulgarian: при́лика (prílika) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Catalan: aspecte — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Czech: vzhled — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Dutch: aanblik — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Finnish: ulkonäkö — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Finnish: ulkomuoto — semblance, or apparent likeness
• French: apparence — semblance, or apparent likeness
• German: Aussehen — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Ancient Greek: ὄψις (ópsis) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Indonesian: penampilan — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Indonesian: tampang — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Irish: dealramh — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Irish: cruth — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Irish: cuma — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Irish: aithnid — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Italian: apparenza — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Italian: aspetto — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Japanese: 見た目 (mitame) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Japanese: 外見 (gaiken) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Japanese: 外観 (gaikan) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Japanese: 体裁 (teisai) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Korean: 외모 (oemo) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Korean: 외양 (oeyang) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Korean: 외관 (oegwan) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Korean: 겉모습 (geonmoseup) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Korean: 볼품 (bolpum) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Latin: aspectus — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Portuguese: aparência — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Portuguese: aspecto — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Romanian: aparență — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Romanian: înfățișare — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Russian: вне́шность (vnéšnostʹ) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Scottish Gaelic: coltas — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Sicilian: apparenzia — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Sicilian: ariu — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Slovene: videz — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: apariencia — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: aire — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: aspecto — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: viso — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: cariz — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: pergeño — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Spanish: pergenio — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Swedish: tillstymmelse — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Swedish: sken — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Swedish: utseende — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Thai: รูปลักษณ์ — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Thai: สารรูป — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Ukrainian: зо́внішність (zóvnišnistʹ) — semblance, or apparent likeness
• Finnish: esiintyminen — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Greek: εμφάνιση (emfánisi) — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Hindi: उपस्थिति (upasthiti) — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Italian: presentazione — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Japanese: 世間体 (sekentei) — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Old English: ætīewednes — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Portuguese: aparecimento — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Romanian: prezentare — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Romanian: înfățișare — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Romanian: apariție — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Russian: появле́ние (pojavlénije) — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Sicilian: prisintazziuni — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Sicilian: participazziuni — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Spanish: aparición — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Swedish: uppträdande — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Swedish: framträdande — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Ukrainian: поя́ва (pojáva) — the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
• Bulgarian: явя́ване (javjávane) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Catalan: compareixença — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Chinese Mandarin: 出庭 (chūtíng) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Dutch: comparitie — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Finnish: saapuminen — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Finnish: ilmestyminen — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Finnish: näyttäytyminen — the coming into court of either of the parties
• French: comparution — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Middle French: comparution — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Greek: εμφάνιση (emfánisi) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Greek: προσέλευση (prosélefsi) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Hindi: पेशी (peśī) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Indonesian: komparisi — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Irish: láithreas — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Italian: comparizione — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Italian: comparsa — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Japanese: 出廷 (shuttei) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Polish: stawiennictwo — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Portuguese: comparecimento — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Romanian: înfățișare (la judecătorie) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Russian: я́вка (jávka) — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Sicilian: cumparizziuni — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Sicilian: cumparsa — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Spanish: aparición — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Spanish: comparecencia — the coming into court of either of the parties
• Ukrainian: я́вка (jávka) — the coming into court of either of the parties