sere

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɪə/
• (US) IPA: /siːr/
• Homophone: seer (UK)
• Homophone: sear (US)

Adjective

sere (comparative serer, superlative serest)

1. Without moisture.

   1867 CE: Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland

   • [T]he recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.

Translations

without moisture

Finnish: kuivunut (fi) German: trocken (de), verwelkt (de), verdorrt (de), vertrocknet (de)

Romanian: veșted (ro)

Noun

sere (plural seres)

1. An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.

Synonyms

• seral community

Anagrams

• Erse
• Rees
• seer

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Czech

Verb

sere

1. 3rd person singular indicative of srát

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈseː.re], /ˈsere/, SAMPA: /"se.re/
• Hyphenation: sé‧re

Noun

sere f. pl.

1. Plural form of sera.

Anagrams

• erse, rese

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Kurdish

Adjective

sere

1. old

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb serō (“[I] sow, plant; [I] beget”).

Verb

sere

1. second-person singular present active imperative of serō
   1. "sow thou, plant thou"
   2. (of persons) "beget thou, bring thou forth, produce thou"

Etymology 2

Form of the verb serō (“[I] join or bind together; [I] interweave, entwine”).

Verb

sere

1. second-person singular present active imperative of serō  "bind thou together; interweave thou, entwine thou"

Etymology 3

Form of sērus.

Adjective

sēre

1. vocative masculine singular of sērus