Serein - Wiktionary

See also: Serein

English

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Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /səˈɹeɪn/
• (US) IPA(key): /səˈɹæn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn, -æn

Noun

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serein (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of serene (“light rainfall from a cloudless sky after sunset”).
   • 2000, Raphael Confiant, Mamzelle Dragonfly:"She must have caught a chill from the serein, that's all!"

Anagrams

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• Eisner, Riesen, irenes, seiner, serine, sirene

French

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃/

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• Homophones: sereins, serin, serins

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French serein, probably from seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serēscere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to serēnus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".

Adjective

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serein (feminine sereine, masculine plural sereins, feminine plural sereines)

1. (of sky) unclouded, clear
2. (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil

Derived terms

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• rasséréner
• sereinement

Related terms

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• sérénade
• sérénité

Etymology 2

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Either from Latin serenum (“good weather”), or from Old French serein (“evening”), from Latin serum.

Noun

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serein m (plural sereins)

1. (literary or regional) serein

Further reading

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• “serein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

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• insère, inséré, reines, renies, résine, résiné, seiner, sirène

Old French

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Alternative forms

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• serain

Etymology 1

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From seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serescō, serēscere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to serēnus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".

Adjective

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serein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sereine)

1. serene, calm, tranquil

Descendants

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• French: serein

Etymology 2

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From a derivative of Latin serum.

Noun

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serein oblique singular, m (oblique plural sereinz, nominative singular sereinz, nominative plural serein)

1. evening

Descendants

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• French: serein