different between serie vs serious

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin s?ri?sus, an extension of Latin s?rius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English sw?r (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s???.i.?s/, [?si??.i.?s]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.?i.?s/
• Rhymes: -???i?s
• Homophones: cereous, Sirius (one pronunciation)

Adjective

serious (comparative more serious or seriouser, superlative most serious or seriousest)

1. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition

   It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily.

   Synonyms: earnest, solemn

2. Important; weighty; not insignificant

   This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.

3. Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving

   After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.

   He says he wants to buy the team, but is he serious?

4. (of a relationship) Committed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:serious

Antonyms

• (important, weighty): trifling, unimportant
• (intending what is said): jesting

Derived terms

• srs (abbreviation)
• dead serious
• seriously
• seriousness
• serious-minded
• serious-mindedly
• serious-mindedness

Translations

Adverb

serious (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, dialect) In a serious manner; seriously.

Further reading

• serious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• serious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.