serial

See also: seriál and sérial

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 seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis.

Cognate to Italian seriale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹiːəɫ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Homophone: cereal

Adjective

serial (not comparable)

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

   The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.

   He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.

2. Published or produced in installments.

Synonyms

• (arranged in a series): sequential

Derived terms

• serial art
• serial comma
• serialize
• serial killer
• serially
• serial music
• serial number
• serial polygamy

 

Translations

Having to do with or arranged in a series

• Czech: sériový
• Finnish: sarja-
• Galician: en serie
• German: Serien-
• Greek: σειριακός (el) (seiriakós)

• Hungarian: sorozat-
• Polish: seryjny (pl)
• Portuguese: serial (pt)
• Romanian: serial (ro)
• Spanish: en serie

Published or produced in installments

• Hungarian: sorozat (hu)

• Portuguese: seriado (pt)

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.

   Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.

Translations

literal work

• Finnish: jatkokertomus (fi) (fiction); kirjoitussarja (fact)
• French: feuilleton (fr) m
• Greek: σειρά (el) f (seirá)
• Hindi: सीरियल (hi) m (sīriyal)
• Hungarian: folytatásos (hu)

• Irish: sraithchlár m, sraith f (fam)
• Portuguese: série (pt) f
• Swedish: följetong (sv)
• Welsh: cyfres (cy) f

publication

• Finnish: julkaisusarja
• Irish: sraithiris f

• Portuguese: série (pt) f
• Welsh: cyfnodolyn m

serial number required to activate software

• Portuguese: serial (pt) m

• Vietnamese: mã kích hoạt

See also

• twelve tone technique

Related terms

→

• seriate
• seriatim

• seriation
• series

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

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Polish

Etymology

From English serial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrʲ.jal/

Noun

serial m inan

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

Declension

declension of serial

	singular	plural
nominative	serial	seriale
genitive	serialu	seriali
dative	serialowi	serialom
accusative	serial	seriale
instrumental	serialem	serialami
locative	serialu	serialach
vocative	serialu	seriale

Derived terms

• (adjective) serialowy

Further reading

• serial in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• serial in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

serie +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾjal/

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.