セリフ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English serif.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) セ​リフ [séꜜrìfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ɾʲiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

セリフ • (serifu) 

1. (typography, of Latin, Greek or Cyrillic type) a serif

See also

• (of East Asian type): 鱗(うろこ) (uroko)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of セリフ – see the following entry.

【台詞せりふ】 [noun] a performer’s lines [noun] one’s words, one’s line [noun] a cliché [noun] a discussion [noun] making a payment

(This term, セリフ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)