seeming in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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seeming [Brit ˈsiːmɪŋ, Am ˈsimɪŋ] ADJ

seem [Brit siːm, Am sim] VB intr

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1. seem:

seem (give impression)
sembler
seem (in less formal French)
avoir l'air
he seems happy/sad
il a l'air heureux/triste
he seemed disappointed
il a semblé déçu
the statistics/experiments seem to indicate that …
les statistiques/expériences semblent indiquer que …
there seems to be a fault in the generator
il semble y avoir un problème dans le générateur
he seems to be looking for/to have lost …
on dirait qu'il cherche/qu'il a perdu …
it would seem so/not
on dirait que oui/non
the whole house seemed to shake
on aurait dit que toute la maison tremblait
things seem to be a lot better between them now
ça a l'air d'aller bien mieux entre eux maintenant
things are not always what they seem
les apparences sont souvent trompeuses
how does she seem today?
comment va- t-elle aujourd'hui?

2. seem (have impression):

it seems to me that …
il me semble que …
+ indic there seem to me to be two possibilities
il me semble qu'il y a deux possibilités
it seems/it very much seems as if or as though
il semble/semble fort que
+ subj I seem to have done
j'ai l'impression que j'ai fait
I seem to have offended him
j'ai l'impression que je l'ai vexé
I seem to have forgotten my money
je crois que j'ai oublié mon argent
I seem to remember I left it on the table
je crois me rappeler que je l'ai laissé sur la table
it seems hours since we left
on dirait qu'il y a des heures que nous sommes partis
that would seem to be the right thing to do
j'ai l'impression que c'est ce qu'il faut faire
there doesn't seem to be any solution
il semble qu'il n'y ait aucune solution
there seems to be some mistake
il semble qu'il y ait erreur
it seemed like a good idea at the time
cela avait l'air d'une bonne idée
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seeming indifference
une feinte indifférence
the benefits seem small, set against the risks
par rapport aux risques les bénéfices semblent maigres
pursuer I can't seem to shake off this flu
je n'arrive pas à me débarrasser de cette grippe

Translations for seeming in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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seeming in the PONS Dictionary

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to seem like a lifetime
sembler être toute une vie
to be/seem intent on sth
être enclin à qc
to be/seem a little peculiar to sb
être/paraître un peu étrange à qn

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seeming Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to seem like a lifetime
sembler être toute une vie
to be/seem a little peculiar to sb
être/paraître un peu étrange à qn
to be/seem intent on sth
être enclin à qc
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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There is a view that all seeming knowledge is less than certain.
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As it matures, it is seeming to converge with mechanical engineering, since the molecules being designed often resemble small machines.
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Instead, they won a victory that allowed them to continue fighting, with victory still seeming possible.
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I remember him particularly for his intense way of seeming to be everywhere at all times, doing things mysteriously and well.
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Two large stacks of wheat fill the painting like abandoned buildings, seeming to cut off the sky.
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It is the disc seeming to dematerialize or the shadows taking on volume?
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The seeming ease with which it was written bolstered rumors the novel had been written start-to-finish in three weeks, which turned out to be true.
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At nearly that very moment, the villagers regain consciousness, seeming otherwise unaffected.
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His career after then was less spectacular, and he had a propensity for hiding away and concentrating on composition without seeming overly concerned with performance.
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It's bright and incessantly cheerful, always seeming loud even during its quietest moments because the music itself is bold and brassy.
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