Like
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[hide]preposition
translation
When like is a preposition, it is most often translated as comme. However when associated with a sense verb the meaning is of the two words together (looks like) is more "à l'air de":
- looks like: avoir l'air de
- feels like: se sentir / avoir un</li>
- tastes like: <i>avoir le/un gout de
- smells like: <i>avoir l'odeur de
- It smells like gas in here.
- It's smelling a bit like spring, at last.
- sounds like: avoir l'air de: (au téléphone)
etymology
verb
For the translation, aimer (bien).
aimer (de l'amour) --> love
Verb + COD: valence 1, "transitive"
discourse marker
The comparative suffix -like
The associative prefix like-