serifa
Portuguese, noun/seˈɾi.fɐ/
serifa is spelled S-E-R-I-F-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serifa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “serif (short line in a font)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequenas linhas horizontais postas no topo e na base de caracteres de fontes”.
What does serifa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserif (short line in a font)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequenas linhas horizontais postas no topo e na base de caracteres de fontes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of serifa
- serifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serifa?
- Brazil /seˈɾi.fɐ/
- Portugal /sɨˈɾi.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serifa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serifa in Portuguese?
serifa appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).