different between serge vs serie

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?d?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French serge, replacing an older borrowing from Middle French sarge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin s?rica (“silk garments”).

Noun

serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)

1. (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
2. (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.

Related terms

• denim

Translations

Verb

serge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)

1. (sewing) To overlock.

Etymology 2

From French cierge.

Noun

serge (plural serges)

1. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

Anagrams

• Geers, Geres, Seger, egers, egres, geers, grees

French

Alternative forms

• sarge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French sarge, from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin s?rica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek ??????? (s?rikós, “silken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???/

Noun

serge f (plural serges)

1. twill, serge

Descendants

• ? English: serge

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cerche (“search”).

Noun

serge

1. Alternative form of serche (“search”)

Etymology 2

From Old French cerche (“edge, margin”).

Noun

serge

1. Alternative form of serche (“cut rock”)

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman sercher.

Verb

serge

1. Alternative form of serchen (“to search”)

Etymology 4

From Old French cierge, cerge, cirge, from Latin cereus (“waxy”).

Alternative forms

• cerge, serje, sherge, cirge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?rd?(?)/, /?sird?(?)/

Noun

serge (plural serges)

1. cierge (candle used in ceremony)

Descendants

• English: cierge
• Scots: serge, sarge (obsolete)

References

• “cer?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

Compare French série.

Noun

serie (plural series)

1. (obsolete) series

Anagrams

• Isère, siree

Asturian

Noun

serie f (plural series)

1. series

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French série.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?ri/
• Hyphenation: se?rie
• Rhymes: -e?ri

Noun

serie f (plural series or seriën, diminutive serietje n)

1. series

   Synonyms: reeks, rij

Derived terms

• serieel

Interlingua

Noun

serie (plural series)

1. series

Related terms

• serial

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin seri?s.

Noun

serie f (invariable)

1. series
2. set, row, range
3. (sports) division, league

Derived terms

• di serie
• seriale

Etymology 2

Adjective

serie

1. feminine plural of serio

Further reading

• serie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se.ri.e?/, [?s???ie?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?se.ri.e/, [?s???i?]

Noun

seri?

1. ablative singular of seri?s

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin series, via French série.

Noun

serie m (definite singular serien, indefinite plural serier, definite plural seriene)

1. a series

Derived terms

• fjernsynsserie

References

• “serie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin series, via French série.

Noun

serie m (definite singular serien, indefinite plural seriar, definite plural seriane)

1. a series

Derived terms

• fjernsynsserie

References

• “serie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

serie

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of seriar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of seriar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of seriar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of seriar

Romanian

Etymology

From French série, from Latin séries.

Noun

serie f (plural serii)

1. series

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?je/, [?se.?je]

Etymology 1

From Latin seri?s.

Noun

serie f (plural series)

1. series (a number of things that follow one another)
2. series (a television or radio program with several episodes)

   Synonym: serial

3. (mathematics) series
4. (exercise, weightlifting) set

Derived terms

• de serie
• en serie
• fuera de serie

Related terms

• serial

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: serye
• ? Tagalog: serye

Etymology 2

Conjugated form

Verb

serie

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of seriar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of seriar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of seriar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of seriar.

Further reading

• “serie” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

serie c

1. a sequence of things or events.

   Synonyms: följd, (esp. about events) sekvens

2. (mathematical analysis) series; the sum of the terms in a sequence.

   Synonyms: oändlig summa, ändlig summa

3. series; a regularly broadcasted TV show.

   Synonym: tv-serie

4. a comic (strip).

Declension

See also

• summering
• följetong