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Definition 2025

serif

serif

See also: şerif and šerif

English

A serif font and a sans serif one.

Noun

serif ‎(plural serifs)

(typography) A short line added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.

Antonyms

sans serif

Translations

short line in a font

Bulgarian:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 襯線 (zh), 衬线 (zh) ‎(chènxiàn)
Dutch: schreef (nl)
Finnish: pääteviiva
French: empattement (fr) m
German: Serife (de) f
Greek: ακρεμόνας m ‎(akremónas) (akremónas), πατούρα (el) f ‎(patoúra) (patúra)
Italian: grazia (it) f

Japanese: セリフ ‎(serifu)
Korean: 세리프 ‎(seripeu)
Lithuanian: užkardėlė f
Macedonian: се́риф m ‎(sérif)
Norwegian: serif
Polish: szeryf (pl) m
Portuguese: serifa (pt)
Russian: засе́чка (ru) f ‎(zaséčka), подсе́чка (ru) f ‎(podséčka), отсе́чка (ru) f ‎(otséčka), сери́ф (ru) m ‎(seríf)

Anagrams

fires, fries