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sarja.

series (number of things that follow on one after the other)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑrjɑ/[ˈs̠ɑ̝rjɑ̝]
  1. series (number of things that follow on one after the other)

    sarjamurhaaja
    sarjatuotanto
  2. chain, sequence, succession, train (of events)

  3. set, collection (e.g. of tools or items to be collected)

  4. suite (connected series or succession of objects)

  5. kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose, or of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)

  6. division, series, league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)

  7. series (television or radio program with multiple episodes broadcast at regular intervals)

  8. (comic) strip (series of illustrations)

  9. umbel (type of flower cluster)

  10. suite (selection of music from a larger work)

  11. burst (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)

  12. series (sequence of sums)

  13. series (set of emission lines)

  14. series (subdivision of a rock layer)

  15. series (subdivision of a genus)

  16. series (group of elements whose chemical and physical properties have similarities)

  17. series (set of consonants)

  18. a horizontal support structure as a part of a frame of certain objects, e.g. furniture (like the horizontal supports of a chair right below the seat)

    plural-normally
  19. row, bunch

    archaic · dialectal
  20. the eggs one chicken lays

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *sarja (“lath board, row of laths; row, bunch”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *śarja (“lath, batten, bar”). Adopted as an equivalent to Latin series in the literary language based on the original meanings "row, bunch" and the sense related to chicken eggs listed below which can also be found in the other Finnic languages.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.