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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛɹɪf/, /səˈɹiːf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serif.wav
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪf, -iːf Etymology: From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|it|sgraffiare}} Italian sgraffiare, {{cog|de|Schraffe||serif}} German Schraffe (“serif”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} serif (not comparable)
  1. (typography) Of a typeface, provided with serifs. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Typography Translations (with serifs): patkový (Czech), päätteellinen (Finnish), talpas (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-serif-en-adj-M1DSVpHY Topics: media, publishing, typography

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛɹɪf/, /səˈɹiːf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serif.wav Forms: serifs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪf, -iːf Etymology: From earlier ceriph, ceref, of obscure derivation. There are two (not directly interrelated) candidates for a possible Dutch origin: 1.) the noun schreef (“stroke”, now also “serif” as a semantic loan), related with schrapen (“to scrape”); and 2.) the verb schrafferen (“to provide with horizontal lines, to shade”), from Italian sgraffiare. For the latter, compare German Schraffe (“serif”), although this again may be a semantic loan based on the English word rather than original to it. Alternatively, from Late Latin cerificus (“waxen”), from Latin cera (“wax”), after the ruled lines used in writing on wax tablets. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|it|sgraffiare}} Italian sgraffiare, {{cog|de|Schraffe||serif}} German Schraffe (“serif”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} serif (plural serifs)
  1. (typography) A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman. Categories (topical): Typography Derived forms: sans serif, slab serif, square serif Translations (short line in a font): مذيل (muḏayaail) (Arabic), سيرف (sīrif) (Arabic), 襯線 (Chinese Mandarin), 衬线 (chènxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), serif [masculine] (Czech), patka [feminine] (Czech), schreef (Dutch), pääteviiva (Finnish), empattement [masculine] (French), sérif [masculine] (French), Serife [feminine] (German), ακρεμόνας (akremónas) [masculine] (Greek), πατούρα (patoúra) [feminine] (Greek), תָּג (tag) [masculine] (Hebrew), betűtalp (Hungarian), seiríf [feminine] (Irish), trasnán [dated, masculine] (Irish), trasmhír [feminine] (Irish), grazia [feminine] (Italian), セリフ (serifu) (Japanese), 세리프 (seripeu) (Korean), užkardėlė [feminine] (Lithuanian), се́риф (sérif) [masculine] (Macedonian), serif (Norwegian), szeryf [masculine] (Polish), serifa [feminine] (Portuguese), засе́чка (zaséčka) [feminine] (Russian), подсе́чка (podséčka) [feminine] (Russian), отсе́чка (otséčka) [feminine] (Russian), сери́ф (seríf) [masculine] (Russian), gracia [feminine] (Spanish), remate [masculine] (Spanish), serifa [feminine] (Spanish), patín [masculine] (Spanish), seriff [common-gender] (Swedish)
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "word": "مذيل"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "word": "pääteviiva"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "word": "empattement"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sérif"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akremónas",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "word": "תָּג"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "word": "betűtalp"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trasnán"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "trasmhír"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "grazia"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "serifu",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "word": "セリフ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seripeu",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "word": "세리프"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "užkardėlė"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sérif",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "се́риф"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "szeryf"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "word": "serifa"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "засе́чка"
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "word": "gracia"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "remate"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "short line in a font",
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      "word": "patín"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "with serifs",
      "word": "patkový"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with serifs",
      "word": "päätteellinen"
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      "code": "hu",
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}

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