sérieux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sēriōsus, from Classical Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ʁjø/

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Adjective

sérieux (feminine sérieuse, masculine plural sérieux, feminine plural sérieuses)

1. serious

   passer aux choses sérieuses ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• sérieusement
• sériosité

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: serye
• Louisiana Creole: sériyé
• ⇒ Russian: серьёзный (serʹjóznyj)

Noun

sérieux m (uncountable)

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   Synonym: gravité

   le sérieux de la situation ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   prendre au sérieux ― to take seriously

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   travailler avec sérieux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   manque de sérieux ― lack of professionalism, lack of rigor

   garder son sérieux ― to keep a straight face

Interjection

sérieux ?

1. (informal) really? for real?

   Synonyms: vraiment ?, sérieusement ?, ah bon ?

Further reading

• “sérieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012