Series in Different Languages
Discover 'Series' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Series
Afrikaans reeks | ||
Albanian seri | ||
Amharic ተከታታይ | ||
Arabic سلسلة | ||
Armenian շարք | ||
Assamese শৃংখলা | ||
Aymara siryi | ||
Azerbaijani seriya | ||
Bambara seriw | ||
Basque seriea | ||
Belarusian серыі | ||
Bengali সিরিজ | ||
Bhojpuri श्रृंखला | ||
Bosnian serija | ||
Bulgarian серия | ||
Catalan sèrie | ||
Cebuano sunod-sunod nga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 系列 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 系列 | ||
Corsican seria | ||
Croatian niz | ||
Czech série | ||
Danish serie | ||
Dhivehi ސީރީޒް | ||
Dogri लड़ी | ||
Dutch serie | ||
English series | ||
Esperanto serio | ||
Estonian seeria | ||
Ewe siwo kplɔ wo nɔewo ɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) serye | ||
Finnish sarja | ||
French séries | ||
Frisian searje | ||
Galician serie | ||
Georgian სერიები | ||
German serie | ||
Greek σειρά | ||
Guarani tysýi | ||
Gujarati શ્રેણી | ||
Haitian Creole seri | ||
Hausa jerin | ||
Hawaiian moʻo | ||
Hebrew סִדרָה | ||
Hindi श्रृंखला | ||
Hmong koob | ||
Hungarian sorozat | ||
Icelandic röð | ||
Igbo usoro | ||
Ilocano dagiti serie | ||
Indonesian seri | ||
Irish sraith | ||
Italian serie | ||
Japanese シリーズ | ||
Javanese seri | ||
Kannada ಸರಣಿ | ||
Kazakh серия | ||
Khmer ស៊េរី | ||
Kinyarwanda urukurikirane | ||
Konkani माळो | ||
Korean 시리즈 | ||
Krio stori dɛn | ||
Kurdish doranî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زنجیرە | ||
Kyrgyz серия | ||
Lao ຊຸດ | ||
Latin seriem | ||
Latvian sērija | ||
Lingala milongo | ||
Lithuanian serijos | ||
Luganda ebintu ebija kimu ku kimu | ||
Luxembourgish serie | ||
Macedonian серии | ||
Maithili श्रृंखला | ||
Malagasy andian-dahatsoratra | ||
Malay seri | ||
Malayalam സീരീസ് | ||
Maltese serje | ||
Maori raupapa | ||
Marathi मालिका | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯔꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo inzawmzat | ||
Mongolian цуврал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စီးရီး | ||
Nepali श्रृंखला | ||
Norwegian serie | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mndandanda | ||
Odia (Oriya) କ୍ରମ | ||
Oromo kan walitti fufu | ||
Pashto لړۍ | ||
Persian سلسله | ||
Polish seria | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) series | ||
Punjabi ਲੜੀ | ||
Quechua ñiqikuna | ||
Romanian serie | ||
Russian серии | ||
Samoan faasologa | ||
Sanskrit श्रेणी | ||
Scots Gaelic sreath | ||
Sepedi tatelano | ||
Serbian серија | ||
Sesotho letoto | ||
Shona akateedzana | ||
Sindhi سلسلو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මාලාවක් | ||
Slovak série | ||
Slovenian serije | ||
Somali taxane ah | ||
Spanish serie | ||
Sundanese séri | ||
Swahili mfululizo | ||
Swedish serier | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) serye | ||
Tajik силсила | ||
Tamil தொடர் | ||
Tatar сериясе | ||
Telugu సిరీస్ | ||
Thai ชุด | ||
Tigrinya ተኸታታሊ | ||
Tsonga landzana | ||
Turkish dizi | ||
Turkmen seriýasy | ||
Twi (Akan) ntoatoasoɔ | ||
Ukrainian серії | ||
Urdu سیریز | ||
Uyghur series | ||
Uzbek seriyali | ||
Vietnamese loạt | ||
Welsh cyfres | ||
Xhosa uthotho | ||
Yiddish סעריע | ||
Yoruba jara | ||
Zulu uchungechunge |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans word “reeks” means not only “series”, but also “stretch” or “range of land or water”. |
| Albanian | The word 'seri' in Albanian could also be derived from the Persian word 'sira' meaning 'turn' or 'order'. |
| Amharic | The word "ተከታታይ" can also refer to a sequence of events, or a chain of command. |
| Arabic | In mathematics, the word "سلسلة" also refers to a term of a sequence. |
| Armenian | The word "շարք" also means "row" or "line" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "seriya" is derived from the Latin word "series", meaning "row" or "sequence". |
| Basque | Basque 'seriea' comes from Latin 'series', although it may also refer to the 'sequencing' of a melody. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সিরিজ" can also refer to a collection of similar or related things, such as a set of books or films. |
| Bosnian | The word "serija" in Bosnian comes from the Latin word "series", meaning "a row" or "a sequence". |
| Bulgarian | "Серия" (series) can also mean "episode" or "episode number" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "sèrie" comes from the Latin "series", meaning "row" or "sequence", and also refers to a set of related TV shows or movies. |
| Cebuano | It also means "consistently" or "steadily". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "系列"也可指数学上的级数（summation）和集合论中的族（family）等概念。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 系列 (xìliè) is also used to refer to a series of related events or actions. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "seria" can also refer to the number of years a couple has been married. |
| Croatian | In Turkish, a "nizam" is a military order, regulation, or system. |
| Czech | Besides "series", "série" can also mean "a row". |
| Danish | In Danish, "serie" can also refer to a group of related objects or a succession of events. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, a "serie" can also refer to a set of banknotes with consecutive serial numbers or even an electric train consisting of multiple interconnected carriages. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "serio" can also refer to a "serious matter" or "important issue". |
| Estonian | The word „seeria“ originates from the Latin word "series" meaning "row" or "sequence". |
| Finnish | The word "sarja" can also mean a volley of gunshots or a set of objects sharing a common feature. |
| French | Série is cognate with the English word 'series' coming from Latin series meaning a sequence of related events, objects, or ideas. |
| Frisian | The word 'searje' can also refer to a set of objects or events that are related or similar. |
| Georgian | In addition to its primary meaning of "series," the Georgian word "სერიები" can also refer to a "part," "portion," or "episode" in a larger work. |
| German | The word "Serie" can also mean "magazine" in German. |
| Greek | "Σειρά" (series) shares etymology with the Greek word "είρω" (eiro), which means to join or connect. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "શ્રેણી" (śrēṇī) also means "a line, row, or group of objects", and comes from the Sanskrit word "śreṇī" with the same meaning. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "seri" can also refer to a group of people or things that are linked together. |
| Hausa | The word "jerin" can also mean "column" or "row" in Hausa, like in the phrase "jerin lambobi" meaning "a row of numbers." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, beyond its meaning of "series," "mo'o" also refers to legendary water beings, such as dragons or lizards. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'סִדרָה' can also refer to a 'series of events', or 'order, sequence or arrangement', as well as a 'weekly Torah portion'. |
| Hindi | श्रृंखला also means "chain", and comes from the Sanskrit word "shrnkhala" |
| Hmong | The word "koob" in Hmong can also refer to a group or collection of people or things. |
| Hungarian | The etymology of "sorozat" is unclear, with various theories including a possible Slavic origin or even an onomatopoeia representing a succession |
| Icelandic | The word "röð" can also refer to a row, line, or sequence, and is related to the Old Norse word "rað", meaning "order". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'usoro' can also mean 'order', 'sequence', or 'arrangement'. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "seri" can also refer to a set of coins or banknotes with the same design issued at the same time. |
| Irish | The Irish word "sraith" can also mean "time", "period", "layer" or "line". |
| Italian | The Italian word "serie" has the alternate spelling "serie" and can also mean "line of people, animals, or vehicles." |
| Japanese | The word "シリーズ" is originally written in English but is used in Japanese in katakana to refer to a series of similar events or objects. |
| Javanese | Seri, as a series in Javanese, means to arrange or place things in order, like putting clothes in a line to dry. |
| Kannada | ಸರಣಿ is also a musical note and a measure of weight. |
| Kazakh | The word "серия" in Kazakh also refers to a sequence of similar objects or events. |
| Khmer | The word |
| Korean | "시리즈"은 원래 "일련의 사건이나 일"을 의미하는 일본어에서 유래했습니다. |
| Kurdish | In astronomy, 'doranî' refers to the orbital planes of celestial bodies. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "серия" comes from the Russian word "серия", which means "a number of things or events that happen one after another". |
| Lao | In Lao, the word "ຊຸດ" also has the meaning of "a set or group of things belonging together". |
| Latin | The Latin word "seriem" is also used in anatomy to refer to a sequence of structures or parts. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "sērija" can also refer to a group of related events or a set of objects intended to be collected. |
| Lithuanian | "Serijos" derives from "su riša", meaning "with a bond". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Serie" can refer to a collection of episodes in a TV show or a number of banknotes with consecutive serial numbers. |
| Malagasy | The word "andian-dahatsoratra" can also mean "succession of events" or "order of appearance". |
| Malay | Also refers to an instalment of a movie, drama or TV show. |
| Malayalam | The word 'സീരീസ്' can also refer to a collection of objects or events arranged in a row or sequence, or to a set of related items. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'serje' has its origins in the Latin word 'series', meaning 'a row' or 'a succession of things'. |
| Maori | Raupapa is also known as 'harakeke', which means the leaves of the flax plant. |
| Marathi | The word "मालिका" can also mean "garland" or "collection". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "цуврал" can also mean "a set of three" or "a triad". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "စီးရီး" derives from the Mon and Pali languages, meaning both "line" and "rank, order, position", as in a series or succession. |
| Nepali | The word "श्रृंखला" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "श्रृंख" meaning "chain" or "set" and is also used to refer to a "sequence" or "collection of items". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian noun "serie" can also mean "couch". The word originates from the French "chaière", meaning "chair". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mndandanda" can also refer to a procession or a line of people or objects. |
| Pashto | "لړۍ" also means "line" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "سلسله" can also refer to a dynasty or a chain, derived from the Arabic root "س ل س" meaning "to follow in succession" or "to link together". |
| Polish | Polish "seria" means "series", but comes from the same PIE root as the English word "cereal", as they both originally meant "crop". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese "series" can also refer to television programs, or to the number of runs scored by a player during a match of cricket |
| Punjabi | "ਲੜੀ" (series) comes from the Sanskrit word "श्रृंखला" (chain), referring to a connected sequence of items. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "serie" is derived from the French word "série" and has multiple meanings, including "set of related elements", "sequence", and "rank". |
| Russian | In Russian, "серии" can also refer to a set of stamps or a batch of banknotes. |
| Samoan | Fa'asologa is also a term for genealogy in the Samoan language. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scottish Gaelic word 'sreath' is also used in the sense of 'a while', 'a short space of time' and 'a stretch'. |
| Serbian | У српском језику реч „сериjа“ потиче од турског „sіra“, а изворно „низање“. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "letoto" is also used to refer to a sequence of events or a chain of causation. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'سلسلو' also means 'lineage' and is derived from the Persian word 'silsila'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මාලාවක්" (series) derives from the Pali term "mala" meaning "garland", which in turn comes from the Sanskrit term "mālā". This points to the traditional use of garlands to record and transmit information |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "série" can also refer to a sequence of items or a set of related things. |
| Slovenian | The Slavic word "serije" can also mean "equipment", with that meaning being predominant in the western dialects of Slovene |
| Somali | The word "taxane ah" can also refer to a succession of events or actions. |
| Spanish | The word "serie" can also refer to a chain or succession of similar events or actions. |
| Sundanese | The word "séri" in Sundanese also has the meaning of "generation" or "family history". |
| Swahili | Mfululizo derives from "fuata" which means "to follow" in Swahili |
| Swedish | Serier, "series" in Swedish, can also mean "comics" in informal speech. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "serye" also refers to a telenovela or TV series |
| Tajik | The word "силсила" has an Arabic origin and also can mean "genealogy". |
| Tamil | Tamil word 'தொடர்' can also mean connection, continuity, sequence, or succession |
| Telugu | The word "సిరీస్" (series) also denotes a "succession" or "row". |
| Thai | ชุด can also mean 'set', 'outfit', 'group', or 'collection' in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "dizi" also refers to knee-length, baggy pants traditionally worn in Turkey, particularly by men. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "серії" (series) derives from the Old Church Slavonic "сърѣти" (to meet), which also gives rise to words like "сходка" (rally). |
| Urdu | سیریس is a loan word from the Persian سریس, meaning "a series of verses, a chapter of the Quran". |
| Uzbek | The word "seriyali" can also mean "consecutive" or "in order" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Loạt" is a Sino-Vietnamese word meaning "series", but it can also be used to refer to a "group" or a "lot" of something. |
| Welsh | "Cyfres" may also refer to a musical scale or a row of numbers in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "uthotho" also has other meanings, including "a row" and "a file". |
| Yiddish | סעריע (series) comes from the French, "série", which itself comes from the Latin "series", meaning "a row". In Yiddish, סעריע can also mean a collection of objects or events that are related. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "jara" can also refer to a line of people or objects. |
| Zulu | The word "uchungechunge" can also be used to describe a succession or sequence of events. |
| English | Both the word "series" and "serious" come from the Latin word "serius," meaning "grave" or "important." |