serious

Etymology
From, from , from , an extension of , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at swear,.

Adjective

 * 1) Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition
 * 2) Important; weighty; not insignificant
 * 3) Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving
 * 4)  Committed.
 * 1) Important; weighty; not insignificant
 * 2) Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving
 * 3)  Committed.
 * 1)  Committed.
 * 1)  Committed.
 * 1)  Committed.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:serious

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: جِدِّيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: етди
 * Belarusian: сур'ё́зны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: serioza
 * Estonian: tõsine
 * Finnish:, vakavamielinen,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სერიოზული
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: байсалды, байыпты
 * Korean: ,
 * Ladino: seriozo
 * Latin: sērius
 * Latvian: nopietns
 * Lithuanian:
 * Louisiana Creole French: sériyé
 * Norman: séthieux
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: دولك, آغر
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: iernst, ieeboa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Sicilian:, tristu
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, vezmin,
 * Ukrainian: серйо́зний
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: جَدِّيّ, جَادّ
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: етди
 * Belarusian: сур'ё́зны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: serioza,
 * Estonian: tõsine
 * Faroese: álvarsamur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი, საყურადღებო, ღრმააზროვანი, სერიოზული
 * German:, ,
 * Alemannic German: èèrnscht
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπουδαῖος
 * Guaraní: pohýi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , nagy horderejű
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ដុនដាប
 * Korean: 심각한
 * Ladino: seriozo
 * Latin:, sevērus, sonticus
 * Latvian: svarīgs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Louisiana Creole French: sériyé
 * Malay:
 * Maori: taumaha, taimaha, tūpoupou, motuhēhē
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: séthieux
 * Norwegian:, seriøs
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: schlemm, iernst
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: faigatā
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Sicilian: mpurtanti, mprisiusu,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: malma
 * Tetum: seriu
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Tongan: mahuʻinga
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: серйо́зний
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: جَدِّيّ, جَادّ
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: етди
 * Belarusian: сур'ё́зны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπουδαῖος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: dáiríre
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 심각한
 * Ladino: seriozo
 * Latin: sērius
 * Latvian: nopietns
 * Louisiana Creole French: sériyé
 * Norman: séthieux
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: anestu, cuscinziusu, judizziusu,, sinceru
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: серйо́зний
 * Welsh: o ddifri'

Adverb

 * 1)  seriously, in a serious manner