English Explanatory Dictionary

sequel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
  2. A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
  3. Synonym of postquel; a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.
  4. Any text that continues on from another text.
  5. The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
  6. Thirlage.
  7. A person's descendants.

Pronunciation

/ˈsiːkwəl/ en-us-sequel.ogg

Word forms

sequel sequels

Etymology

From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.

Synonyms

postquel

Antonyms

prequel

Derived words

cheapquel direct sequel distant sequel fivequel fourquel interquel legacyquel legacy sequel legasequel midquel nonsequel postquel prequel pre-sequel -quel requel sequel hook sequelisation sequelise sequelitis sequelization sequelize sidequel spinquel spiritual sequel squeakquel threequel trequel unsequeled

Translations

Bulgarian: продължение Catalan: seqüela Chinese Mandarin: 續集 /续集 Dutch: vervolg Esperanto: daŭrigo Esperanto: sekvaĵo Finnish: jatko-osa French: suite German: Fortsetzung German: Folge Greek: συνέχεια Hebrew: המשך Indonesian: sekuel Italian: seguito Japanese: 続編 Japanese: 続き Korean: 후편 Korean: 속편 Northern Kurdish: berdewamî Northern Kurdish: dûmahî Latin: consequentia narrativa Malay: susulan Malay: sekuel Māori: paki ahumuri Māori: whakahiku Norwegian Bokmål: oppfølger Norwegian Nynorsk: oppfølgar Polish: sequel Portuguese: sequência Portuguese: continuação Portuguese: sequela Russian: продолже́ние Russian: си́квел Slovak: pokračovanie Slovak: diel Slovak: epizóda Spanish: secuela Swedish: uppföljare Tagalog: kasumunod
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