sérieux
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin sēriōsus, from Classical Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsérieux (feminine sérieuse, masculine plural sérieux, feminine plural sérieuses)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Louisiana Creole: sériyé
Interjection
editsérieux ?
- (informal) really? for real?
- Synonyms: vraiment ?, sérieusement ?, ah bon ?
Further reading
edit- “sérieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.