likeness

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• /ˈlaɪknəs/
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From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian likenis (“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis (“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis (“form; semblance; likeness; parable”), German Gleichnis (“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja (“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: образ (obraz) — appearance or form; guise
• German: Gestalt — appearance or form; guise
• Ancient Greek: ὁμοιότης (homoiótēs) — appearance or form; guise
• Irish: cosúlacht — appearance or form; guise
• Latin: effigiēs — appearance or form; guise
• Latin: simulācrum — appearance or form; guise
• Eastern Mari: амал (amal) — appearance or form; guise
• Bulgarian: подобие (podobie) — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• German: Abbild — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Irish: cosúlacht — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Irish: macasamhail — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Latin: effigiēs — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Middle English: symulacre — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Spanish: trasunto — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Turkish: resim — that which closely resembles; a portrait
• Turkish: tasvir — that which closely resembles; a portrait