Serious
//ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs//
Translations of "serious" (63 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | ernstig(without humor or expression of happiness), ernstig(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ernstig(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | σπουδαῖος(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), σπουδαῖος(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | spoudaîos, spoudaîos | |
| Arabic | جَادّ(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), جَادّ(really intending what is said; being in earnest), جَدِّيّ(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), جَدِّيّ(really intending what is said; being in earnest), جِدِّيّ(without humor or expression of happiness) | jādd, jādd, jaddiyy, jaddiyy, jiddiyy | |
| Armenian | լուրջ(without humor or expression of happiness), լուրջ(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), լուրջ(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | lurǰ, lurǰ, lurǰ | |
| Azerbaijani | ciddi(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| Bashkir | етди(without humor or expression of happiness), етди(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), етди(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | yetdi, yetdi, yetdi | |
| Belarusian | сур'ё́зны(without humor or expression of happiness), сур'ё́зны(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), сур'ё́зны(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | surʺjózny, surʺjózny, surʺjózny | |
| Bulgarian | важен(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), сериозен(without humor or expression of happiness), сериозен(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), сериозен(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | važen, seriozen, seriozen, seriozen | |
| Catalan | seriós(without humor or expression of happiness), seriós(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriós(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 嚴肅 /严肃(without humor or expression of happiness), 嚴重 /严重(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 嚴重 /严重(really intending what is said; being in earnest), 沉重(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 認真 /认真(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 認真 /认真(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | yánsù, yánzhòng, yánzhòng, chénzhòng, rènzhēn, rènzhēn | |
| Czech | seriózní(without humor or expression of happiness), seriózní(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriózní(really intending what is said; being in earnest), vážný(without humor or expression of happiness), vážný(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), vážný(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Danish | alvorlig(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Dutch | ernstig(without humor or expression of happiness), ernstig(really intending what is said; being in earnest), serieus(without humor or expression of happiness), serieus(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serieus(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Esperanto | grava(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serioza(without humor or expression of happiness), serioza(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Estonian | tõsine(without humor or expression of happiness), tõsine(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Faroese | álvarsamur(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Finnish | totinen(without humor or expression of happiness), vakava(without humor or expression of happiness), vakava(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), vakava(really intending what is said; being in earnest), vakavamielinen(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| French | sérieux(without humor or expression of happiness), sérieux(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sérieux(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Galician | serio(without humor or expression of happiness), serio(without humor or expression of happiness), serio(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serio(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Georgian | მნიშვნელოვანი(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), საყურადღებო(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), სერიოზული(without humor or expression of happiness), სერიოზული(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ღრმააზროვანი(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | mnišvnelovani, saq̇uradɣebo, seriozuli, seriozuli, ɣrmaazrovani | |
| German | ernst(without humor or expression of happiness), ernst(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ernsthaft(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ernsthaft(really intending what is said; being in earnest), schwerwiegend(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriös(without humor or expression of happiness), èèrnscht(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Greek | σοβαρός(without humor or expression of happiness), σοβαρός(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), σοβαρός(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | sovarós, sovarós, sovarós | |
| Hebrew | רציני(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), רציני(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | r'tsiní, r'tsiní | |
| Hindi | गंभीर(without humor or expression of happiness) | gambhīr | |
| Hungarian | fontos(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), jelentős(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), komoly(without humor or expression of happiness), komoly(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), komoly(really intending what is said; being in earnest), nagy horderejű(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), súlyos(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), valódi(really intending what is said; being in earnest), valós(really intending what is said; being in earnest), őszinte(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Icelandic | alvarlegur(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Indonesian | serius(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| Irish | dáiríre(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Italian | critico(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), grave(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serio(without humor or expression of happiness), serio(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serio(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Japanese | 本気(without humor or expression of happiness), 深刻(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 真剣(without humor or expression of happiness), 真剣(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 真面目(without humor or expression of happiness), 真面目(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 真面目(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | honki, shinkoku, shinken, shinken, majime, majime, majime | |
| Kazakh | байсалды(without humor or expression of happiness), байыпты(without humor or expression of happiness) | baisaldy, baiypty | |
| Khmer | ដុនដាប(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | don daap | |
| Korean | 심각한(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), 심각한(really intending what is said; being in earnest), 엄숙(嚴肅)하다(without humor or expression of happiness), 진지(眞摯)하다(without humor or expression of happiness) | simgakhan, simgakhan, eomsukhada, jinjihada | |
| Ladino | seriozo(without humor or expression of happiness), seriozo(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriozo(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Latin | gravis(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sevērus(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sonticus(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sērius(without humor or expression of happiness), sērius(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Latvian | nopietns(without humor or expression of happiness), nopietns(really intending what is said; being in earnest), svarīgs(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Louisiana Creole | sériyé(without humor or expression of happiness), sériyé(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sériyé(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Malay | serius(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Māori | motuhēhē(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), taimaha(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), taumaha(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), tūpoupou(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Norman | séthieux(without humor or expression of happiness), séthieux(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), séthieux(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Norwegian | alvorlig(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriøs(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Occitan | seriós(without humor or expression of happiness), seriós(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriós(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | آغر(without humor or expression of happiness), دولك(without humor or expression of happiness) | ağır, dölek | |
| Persian | جدی(without humor or expression of happiness), جدی(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | jeddi, jeddi | |
| Plautdietsch | ieeboa(without humor or expression of happiness), iernst(without humor or expression of happiness), iernst(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), schlemm(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Polish | poważny(without humor or expression of happiness), poważny(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Portuguese | sério(without humor or expression of happiness), sério(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), sério(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Romanian | serios(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| Russian | серьёзный(without humor or expression of happiness), серьёзный(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), серьёзный(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | serʹjóznyj, serʹjóznyj, serʹjóznyj | |
| Samoan | faigatā(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Sanskrit | गुरु(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | guru | |
| Serbo-Croatian | hládan(without humor or expression of happiness), vážan(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), znȁčājan(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ȍzbīljan(without humor or expression of happiness), ȍzbīljan(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ȍzbīljan(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Sicilian | anestu(really intending what is said; being in earnest), cuscinziusu(really intending what is said; being in earnest), judizziusu(really intending what is said; being in earnest), mprisiusu(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), mpurtanti(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriu(without humor or expression of happiness), seriu(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriu(really intending what is said; being in earnest), sinceru(really intending what is said; being in earnest), tristu(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| Spanish | serio(without humor or expression of happiness), serio(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), serio(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Swedish | allvarlig(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), allvarsam(without humor or expression of happiness), seriös(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), seriös(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — | |
| Tagalog | malma(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Tetum | seriu(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Thai | จริงจัง(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), จริงจัง(really intending what is said; being in earnest), ซีเรียส(without humor or expression of happiness), ซีเรียส(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), ซีเรียส(really intending what is said; being in earnest), เคร่งขรึม(without humor or expression of happiness), เคร่งเครียด(without humor or expression of happiness) | jing-jang, jing-jang, sii-rîiat, sii-rîiat, sii-rîiat, krêng-krʉ̌m, krêng-krîiat | |
| Tongan | mahuʻinga(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Turkish | ciddi(without humor or expression of happiness), ciddi(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), salmaklı(without humor or expression of happiness), salmaklı(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), vezmin(without humor or expression of happiness) | — | |
| Ukrainian | серйо́зний(without humor or expression of happiness), серйо́зний(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), серйо́зний(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | serjóznyj, serjóznyj, serjóznyj | |
| Vietnamese | nghiêm trọng(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | — | |
| Welsh | difrifol(without humor or expression of happiness), difrifol(important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play), o ddifri'(really intending what is said; being in earnest) | — |
ernstig, ernstig, ernstig
ciddi
seriós, seriós, seriós
嚴肅 /严肃, 嚴重 /严重, 嚴重 /严重, 沉重, 認真 /认真, 認真 /认真
yánsù, yánzhòng, yánzhòng, chénzhòng, rènzhēn, rènzhēn
seriózní, seriózní, seriózní, vážný, vážný, vážný
alvorlig
ernstig, ernstig, serieus, serieus, serieus
grava, serioza, serioza
tõsine, tõsine
álvarsamur
totinen, vakava, vakava, vakava, vakavamielinen
sérieux, sérieux, sérieux
serio, serio, serio, serio
მნიშვნელოვანი, საყურადღებო, სერიოზული, სერიოზული, ღრმააზროვანი
mnišvnelovani, saq̇uradɣebo, seriozuli, seriozuli, ɣrmaazrovani
ernst, ernst, ernsthaft, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend, seriös, èèrnscht
fontos, jelentős, komoly, komoly, komoly, nagy horderejű, súlyos, valódi, valós, őszinte
alvarlegur
serius
dáiríre
critico, grave, serio, serio, serio
seriozo, seriozo, seriozo
gravis, sevērus, sonticus, sērius, sērius
nopietns, nopietns, svarīgs
sériyé, sériyé, sériyé
serius
motuhēhē, taimaha, taumaha, tūpoupou
séthieux, séthieux, séthieux
alvorlig, seriøs
seriós, seriós, seriós
ieeboa, iernst, iernst, schlemm
poważny, poważny
sério, sério, sério
serios
faigatā
hládan, vážan, znȁčājan, ȍzbīljan, ȍzbīljan, ȍzbīljan
anestu, cuscinziusu, judizziusu, mprisiusu, mpurtanti, seriu, seriu, seriu, sinceru, tristu
serio, serio, serio
allvarlig, allvarsam, seriös, seriös
malma
seriu
จริงจัง, จริงจัง, ซีเรียส, ซีเรียส, ซีเรียส, เคร่งขรึม, เคร่งเครียด
jing-jang, jing-jang, sii-rîiat, sii-rîiat, sii-rîiat, krêng-krʉ̌m, krêng-krîiat
mahuʻinga
ciddi, ciddi, salmaklı, salmaklı, vezmin
nghiêm trọng
difrifol, difrifol, o ddifri'
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