serial

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• UK: /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
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• US: /ˈsɪɹ.i.əl/
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• homophone: cereal
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• CMU ARPABET: S IH1 R IY2 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: сериен (serien) — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Catalan: serial — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Czech: sériový — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Finnish: sarja- — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Galician: en serie — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• German: Serien- — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• German: seriell — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Greek: σειριακός (seiriakós) — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Hindi: क्रमिक (kramik) — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Hungarian: sorozat- — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Indonesian: berantai — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Italian: seriale — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Polish: seryjny — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Portuguese: serial — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Romanian: serial — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Spanish: en serie — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Spanish: serial — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Swedish: seriell — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Welsh: cyfres — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Welsh: cyfresol — Having to do with or arranged in a series
• Hungarian: sorozat — Published or produced in installments
• Indonesian: cerbung — Published or produced in installments
• Indonesian: serial — Published or produced in installments
• Portuguese: seriado — Published or produced in installments
• Finnish: jatkokertomus — literal work
• Finnish: kirjoitussarja — literal work
• French: feuilleton — literal work
• Greek: σειρά (seirá) — literal work
• Hindi: सीरियल (sīriyal) — literal work
• Hungarian: folytatásos — literal work
• Irish: sraithchlár — literal work
• Irish: sraith (fam) — literal work
• Portuguese: série — literal work
• Portuguese: folhetim — literal work
• Swedish: följetong — literal work
• Tamil: தொடர் (toṭar) — literal work
• Welsh: cyfres — literal work
• Bulgarian: сериал (serial) — publication
• Finnish: julkaisusarja — publication
• Irish: sraithiris — publication
• Portuguese: série — publication
• Tamil: தொடர் (toṭar) — publication
• Welsh: cyfnodolyn — publication
• Portuguese: serial — serial number required to activate software
• Vietnamese: mã kích hoạt — serial number required to activate software