different between serval vs serial

English

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?s??v?l/
• (US): enPR: sûr?v?l, IPA^(key): /?s?v?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l

Noun

serval (plural servals)

1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Translations

Anagrams

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?rval]

Verb

serval

1. masculine singular past participle of servat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.v?l/
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

Derived terms

• servalkat

Portuguese

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /se?.?vaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s??.?va?/
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

Spanish

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Noun

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

Related terms

• ciervo

English

Etymology

1840, in reference to the books of Charles Dickens (published in sequential parts, as a series). Formed as series +? -al, on model of Latin seri?lis, from seri?s + -?lis.

Cognate to Italian seriale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s???i???/
• Homophone: cereal

Adjective

serial (not comparable)

1. Having to do with or arranged in a series.

   Synonym: sequential

2. Doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career.

   Synonym: career

3. Published or produced in installments.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

serial (plural serials)

1. A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
3. (computing, slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

Descendants

• ? Russian: ??????? (seriál, “TV-series”)
  • ? Azerbaijani: serial

Translations

See also

• fascicle
• twelve tone technique

Related terms

Verb

serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle serialling or (US) serialing, simple past and past participle serialled or (US) serialed)

1. (transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

References

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN, Ch. 6.
• serial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Google books: uses of serial

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, sailer, serail

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (seriál), from English serial.

Noun

serial (definite accusative serial?, plural seriallar)

1. (broadcasting, film) series

Declension

Further reading

• “serial” in Obastan.com.

Polish

Etymology

From English serial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?.jal/

Noun

serial m inan

1. (television) series (television program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) serialowy

Further reading

• serial in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• serial in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

serie +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??jal/, [se??jal]

Adjective

serial (plural seriales)

1. serial

Noun

serial m or f (plural seriales)

1. serial

Further reading

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