seri

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Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri/
• Hyphenation: sé‧ri

Etymology 1

From Dutch serie (“series”), from French série, from Latin series.

Noun

séri (plural seri-seri)

1. series:
   1. a number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
   2. (broadcasting) a television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals.
2. serial:
   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.

Alternative forms

• siri (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• berseri

• seri tanah

Related terms

• serial

Etymology 2

Noun

séri (plural seri-seri)

1. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of ceri

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈri/
• Hyphenation: sê‧ri

Etymology 1

From Malay seri, possibly from Old Javanese sari (“continuously; constantly”). Compare Old Javanese asari (“delay”), Indonesian sari (“daily”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

sêri

1. tied (for score)

   Synonyms: balui, bedo

2. even on equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.

Etymology 2

From Malay seri, from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Noun

sêri (plural seri-seri)

1. alternative spelling of sri
2. light, lustre, radiance, grace
3. splendour, glory, beauty

Adjective

sêri

1. beautiful, goodness

Synonyms

• pamor

Derived terms

• berseri
• berseri-seri
• menyerikan
• perserian

• seri balai
• seri gunung
• seri muka
• seri panggung
• seri pantai
• seri wajah

Related terms

• asri
• sri

Etymology 3

Noun

sêri (plural seri-seri)

1. Alternative spelling of sari

Derived terms

• menyeri

Further reading

• “seri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ri/
• Rhymes: -ɛri
• Hyphenation: sè‧ri

Adjective

seri

1. masculine plural of serio

Anagrams

• Eris, IRES, ersi, resi, rise, sire

Japanese

Romanization

seri

1. Rōmaji transcription of せり
2. Rōmaji transcription of セリ

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb serō (“I sow or plant”).

Verb

serī

1. present passive infinitive of serō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb serō (“I join or weave”).

Verb

serī

1. present passive infinitive of serō

Etymology 3

Form of sērus.

Adjective

sērī

1. inflection of sērus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Noun

seri m

1. nominative/vocative plural of sers

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səri/, [səri]

Prefix

seri

1. (honorific) sir, lord, master

Descendants

• Indonesian: seri, sri

Old Norse

Verb

seri

1. inflection of sá:
   1. third-person singular past active indicative
   2. third-person singular past active subjunctive
   3. third-person plural past active subjunctive

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सेरि (Devanagari script)
• সেরি (Bengali script)
• සෙරි (Sinhalese script)
• သေရိ (Burmese script)
• เสริ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩁᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສຣິ (Lao script)
• សេរិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄢𑄨 (Chakma script)

Adjective

seri

1. inflection of serin (“independent”):
   1. vocative singular masculine
   2. nominative/vocative singular neuter

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈserʲ]

Noun

seri

1. inflection of seară:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English sell.

Verb

seri

1. to sell

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French série.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /seˈɾi/, (overall more common) /seˈɾiː/
• Hyphenation: se‧ri

Noun

seri (definite accusative seriyi, plural seriler)

1. series

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seri1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish سریع (seri'), from Arabic سَرِيع (sarīʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiː/
• Hyphenation: se‧ri

Adjective

seri

1. quick, swift

Adverb

seri

1. quick, fast

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seri2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سریع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1057
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Zaghawa

Noun

seri

1. hill

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad