Seri

American  

[ser-ee, sair-ee] / ˈsɛr i, ˈsɛər i /

noun

• Seris,
  plural
• Seri
  plural

1. Also called Comcáac. a member of an Indigenous people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.

2. Also called Cmiique Iitom. the language of the Seri, sometimes classified as part of the Hokan family.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Seri or their language.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Seri
  plural
• Seris
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Seri

Firtst recorded in 1820–30; via Spanish from Opata (an extinct Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora); further origin and meaning uncertain

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Seri Seris

Through a joint venture with Seri Industrial, it aims to produce over 8 gigawatt-hours of lithium-iron-phosphate batteries annually and capture more than 10% of the European stationary battery market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

She was still sharp after a seven-week break, winning the Fir Hill Seri Pak Championship in a playoff last week outside Los Angeles to move back atop the world ranking.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

That is followed by Jean Michael Seri trying his luck with a strike from 20 yards, which is well-saved by Birmingham's veteran keeper John Ruddy.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024

A member of the Seri people, also known as the Comcáac, she was the only woman who worked in the Indigenous group’s traditional guard, which had been protecting Seri territory for many decades.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2022

Ethnologists have presented us with vivid and detailed pictures of primitive communities as in McGee's The Seri Indians, Jenk's The Bontoc Igorot, Rivers' The Todas.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park

I was hoping Bill Plaschke would reassure me that the Dodgers’ recent trade solved our bullpen problems and that all systems are go for the World Seris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2018

Among the American Indians some tribes, e.g. the Sacs, Foxes and Sioux, used rough hewn wooden coffins; others, such as the Seris, sometimes enclosed the corpse between the carapace and plastron of a turtle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

These travelers did not see the worst of the Seris.

From Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey

After the killing of the two Americans, the Seris were very much afraid of reprisals.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by James Cox

This of course had been of exceeding interest to me, because some day I meant to go to the land of the Seris.

From Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey