sequel

See also: séquel

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle French séquelle , from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkwəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːkwəl

Noun

sequel (plural sequels)

1. (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
   • John Bunyan (1678) The Pilgrim's Progress: “Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see.”
2. (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
3. (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
4. (obsolete) A person's descendants.

Antonyms

• prequel

Coordinate terms

• midquel

Derived terms

• direct sequel
• distant sequel
• interquel
• midquel
• prequel
• requel
• threequel

 

Translations

a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 續集／续集 (zh) (xùjí), 续集 (zh) (xùjí)

• Dutch: vervolg (nl) ?
• Esperanto: daŭrigo
• Finnish: jatko-osa (fi)
• French: suite (fr) f
• German: Folge (de) f, Fortsetzung (de) f
• Greek: συνέχεια (el) f (synécheia)
• Hebrew: המשך ? (hemsheikh)
• Italian: seguito (it) m
• Japanese: 続編 (ぞくへん, zokuhen), 続き (つづき, tsuzuki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 후편 (ko) (hupyeon), 속편 (ko) (sokpyeon)
• Latin: consequentia narrativa ?
• Malay: susulan, sekuel
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppfølger m

  Nynorsk: oppfølgar m

• Portuguese: sequência (pt) f, continuação (pt) f
• Russian: продолже́ние (ru) n (prodolžénije) (кни́ги, фи́льма), си́квел (ru) m (síkvɛl)
• Spanish: secuela (es) f
• Swedish: uppföljare (sv) c
• Tagalog: kasumunod