sérieux
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin sēriōsus, from Classical Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sérieux (feminine sérieuse, masculine plural sérieux, feminine plural sérieuses)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: sériyé
Interjection edit
sérieux ?
- (informal) really? for real?
- Synonyms: vraiment ?, sérieusement ?, ah bon ?
Further reading edit
- “sérieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.