Grammatical class

Verb

ressembler

(intransitive) to resemble (to share similar qualities with) [with à]

Details

Syllables

res-sem-bler

Phonetics

ʁə.sɑ̃.ble

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2843

Freq. (movies)

3436

Freq. (news)

11238

Sentences

Ne trouvez-vous pas qu’elles ressemblent à leur mère ?

Don't you find that they resemble their mother?

A1

Je veux lui ressembler.

I want to be like her.

A1

J'ai essayé de te ressembler.

I tried to be like you.

A1

Tom voulait ressembler à John.

Tom wanted to be like John.

A1

Mon fils veut ressembler à Lincoln.

My son wants to be Lincoln.

A1

Ils se ressemblent beaucoup, presque comme deux gouttes d’eau.

They resemble each other a lot, almost like two peas in a pod.

A2

La nourriture n'est pas sensée ressembler à ça.

Food shouldn't look like this.

A2

Je n'arrive pas à imaginer ce à quoi ça a dû ressembler.

I can't imagine what it must've been like.

A2

Je voudrais ressembler à Tom.

I'd like to look like Tom.

B1

Cette photo te fait ressembler au chat qui a mangé le canari.

That photograph makes you look like the cat that ate the canary.

B1

Trop de jeunes filles s'affament pour ressembler aux mannequins qu'elles voient dans les magazines.

Too many young girls are starving themselves to look like the models they see in magazines.

B1

Quand on commence à ressembler à la photo de son passeport, on devrait partir en vacances.

When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.

B2