Paraisse (en. Appears)

/paʁɛs/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Text: To appear, to show oneself.

Text: It seems that the sun is appearing on the horizon.

Il semble que le soleil paraisse à l'horizon.

Text: To be in appearance, to seem.

Text: She seems younger than she is.

Elle paraisse plus jeune qu'elle ne l'est.

Text: To look, to give the impression.

Text: It seems complicated, but it's simple.

Cela paraisse compliqué, mais c’est simple.

Text: From the Latin verb 'parere', meaning 'to appear'.

Text: seems like a fish in water

Text: To be at ease in a situation.

paraisse comme un poisson dans l'eau

Text: seems a bit crazy

Text: To give the impression of being strange or unreasonable.

paraisse un peu fou

Text: it seems obvious

Text: This seems to be clearly the case.

il paraisse évident

Text: to appear

Text: Expresses like the base verb, more general.

paraître

Text: appearance

Text: Action of appearing, of being seen.

apparition

Text: to present

Text: To highlight, to show.

présenter

Text: To look relaxed.

Text: He seems chill in this situation.

Il paraisse chill dans cette situation.

Text: To pretend to be at ease.

Text: She seems, but she is very nervous.

Elle paraisse, mais elle est très nerveuse.