ser

Noun

ser

1. Abbreviation of serial.

Noun

ser (plural sers)

1. (in some fantasy and sci-fi novels) An address or courtesy title to any person, especially if their gender and/or form of address are unknown.
   • Would ser care to dine this evening?

Anagrams

• -ers, ERS, ERs, ESR, RSE, Res., SRE, ers, res

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɾ/, [ˈseɾ]

Verb

ser

1. to be

Noun

ser m (plural seres)

1. being

Noun

ser

1. tooth
   • niser — my tooth
   • eser — a tooth, someone's tooth
   • nitorak to eser — I found a/someone's tooth

Alternative forms

• ésser

Pronunciation

(verb)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈse/
• (Valencian) IPA: /ˈseɾ/

(noun)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈser/
• (Valencian) IPA: /ˈseɾ/

Verb

ser (first-person singular present sóc, past participle estat)

1. (intransitive) to be, to exist
   • Ser o no ser, aquesta és la qüestió.

     • To be or not to be, that is the question.
2. (intransitive, +adverbial phrase) to be located (to be in a place)
3. (transitive, copulative) to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)
4. (transitive, copulative) to have a characteristic (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes an inherent property)
5. (auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle

Noun

ser m (plural sers)

1. being (living creature)

Pronunciation

Noun

ser

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) server (Classifier: 個／个 c; 部 c)

Alternative forms

• sear

Pronunciation

Verb

ser

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to search on the Internet; to google

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsɛr]

Verb

ser

1. second-person singular imperative of srát

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seːr/, [seɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

ser

1. present of se

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɾ/

Verb

ser (first-person singular present son, first-person singular preterite fun, past participle sido)

1. to be
   • Eu non sei como esto sexa, ou debe de ser envexa do ben que a España facés.

     • I don't know how this is, or must be jealous of the good you are doing to Spain.
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ser
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ser

Noun

ser m (plural seres)

1. being (living creature)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈʃɛr]
• Hyphenation: ser

Noun

ser (countable and uncountable, plural serek)

1. (archaic, dialectal, humorous) Alternative form of sör (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛr/
• Hyphenation: sèr

Noun

ser m

1. (historical) sir (title and form of address for a gentleman, shortened from messer)
   • Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ― Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (literally, “Leonardo son of Peter, from Vinci”)

Verb

ser (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סיר‎)

1. to be

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sə²¹]

Noun

ser 

1. (Yao'an) tooth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛː/

Noun

ser

1. sister
   • Synonym: didi

Adjective

ser

1. dear
2. expensive

Noun

ser

1. (title and pronoun) sir, lord

Noun

ser

1. Alternative form of sire

Noun

ser

1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Adjective

ser

1. Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Verb

ser

1. to be (indicates a permanent quality)

Noun

ser m (plural seres)

1. being

Alternative forms

• sarî

Noun

ser m (Arabic spelling سەر‎)

1. (anatomy) head
   • Synonym: kelle
2. point, tip
3. beginning, start
4. end, extremity

Preposition

ser (Arabic spelling سەر‎)

1. on
   • Antonym: bin
   • li ser maseyê ― on the table

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seːr/

Verb

ser

1. present of se

Verb

ser

1. present of sjå

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛr/

Verb

ser

1. (intransitive) to run aground

Interjection

ser

1. An exclamation used to attract the attention of two or more people.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛr/
• Syllabification: ser

Noun

ser m inan (diminutive serek)

1. cheese

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sê (Brazil), cê (Brazil) (with -r dropping)
• Hyphenation: ser

Verb

ser (first-person singular present sou, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle sido)

1. (copulative) to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with estar which denotes a temporary quality
   • Ela está bonita, mas não é bonita.

     • She is looking beautiful, but she is not beautiful.
2. (transitive) to be (to be an example or type of, or the same as)
   • Pessoas são mamíferos.

     • People are mammals.
   • A soma de um e dois é três.

     • The sum of one and two is three.
3. (auxiliary with a verb in the past participle) to be (forms the passive voice)
   • O carro foi vendido pelo seu antigo dono.

     • The car was sold by its previous owner.
   • Espero que os criminosos sejam punidos.

     • I hope the criminals are punished.
4. (impersonal) to be (indicates a point in time)
   • Que horas são?

     • What time is it?
   • São cinco horas.

     • It is five o’clock.
5. (transitive with em or another locational preposition) to be in (to be located in)
   • Synonyms: ficar em, localizar-se em
   • Minha casa é num bairro pobre.

     • My house is in a poor neighbourhood.
   • Onde são essas cidades?

     • Where are these cities?
6. (transitive with de) to be from (to have as one’s place of origin)
   • Synonym: vir de
   • Esses equipamentos são da Alemanha.

     • These pieces of equipment are from Germany.
   • Nenhum de nós é de um país estrangeiro.

     • None of us is from a foreign country.
7. (transitive with de) to be (someone’s); to belong to
   • Synonym: pertencer a
   • Essa casa é do prefeito.

     • This house belongs to the mayor.
   • Não mexa em nada que não for seu.

     • Don’t touch anything that is not yours.
8. (transitive or auxiliary with para or de and a verb in the personal infinitive) to be for; to be to (to have as its purpose)
   • Synonym: servir para
   • Esse tipo de faca é para cortar tomates.

     • This type of knife is for cutting tomatoes.
9. (impersonal, auxiliary with para and a verb in the personal infinitive) to be supposed to; should (introduces an expected or demanded action)
   • Synonym: dever
   • Não sei porque está demorando, já era para o filme ter começado.

     • I don’t know why it is taking so long, the film should have started already.
   • É para comermos toda a carne.

     • We are supposed to eat all the meat.
10. (transitive) to be; to cost (to be worth a given amount of money)
    • Synonyms: custar, valer
    • Duas maçãs são dez centavos.

      • Two apples are ten cents.
11. (intransitive) to happen; to take place; to occur
    • Synonyms: acontecer, haver, ocorrer, ter, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir, suceder
    • O que será, será.

      • Whatever happens happens.
    • Quando é seu aniversário?

      • When is your birthday?
12. (transitive with por or a favor de or contra) to be against or in favour of
    • Alguns foram contra a guerra, mas a maioria foi a favor.

      • Some were against the war, but most were in favour.
13. (poetic, intransitive) to exist; to be
    • O mal não é.

      • Evil does not exist.
14. (impersonal, transitive) used for emphasis
    • Eu é que vim.

      • I’m the one who came here.

Noun

ser m (plural seres)

1. being (a living creature)
   • Synonyms: criatura, ente

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ser/

Noun

ser n (plural seruri)

1. serum

Verb

ser

1. (Sursilvan) Alternative form of seser

Adjective

sẹ̑r (comparative bȍlj sẹ̑r, superlative nȁjbolj sẹ̑r)

1. (color, archaic) grey, gray
   • Synonym: siv

Noun

sȇr m anim

1. vulture of the genus Gypaetus
   • brkati ser ― bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɾ/ [ˈseɾ]
• Syllabification: ser

Verb

ser (first-person singular present soy, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle sido)

1. to be (essentially or identified as)
   • Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. ― I am from the United States.
   • Errar es humano. ― To err is human.
2. to be (in the passive voice sense)
   • La guitarra fue tocada. ― The guitar was played.
3. to exist; to occur
   • La fiesta será mañana. ― The party will be tomorrow.

Noun

ser m (plural seres)

1. a being, organism
2. nature, essence
3. value, worth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seːr/

Verb

ser

1. present tense of se.

Anagrams

• ers, res

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɾ/, [ˈsɛɾ]

Noun

1. sir (A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position [often older], especially if his name or proper title is unknown)
   • Synonyms: ginoo, maginoo

Noun

ser (definite accusative seri, plural serler)

1. (archaic) head

Verb

ser

1. second-person singular imperative of sermek

Numeral

ser

1. zero

Noun

ser m (plural serrod or serroedd, not mutable)

1. billhook, sickle, scythe
2. (dictionary) sword