serene

See also Serene

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

serene (comparative more serene or serener, superlative most serene or serenest)

1. Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
2. without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
3. (archaic) (Of the sky) fair and unclouded.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, Frankenstein^[1]:

     A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.

4. Used as part of certain titles.

   Her Serene Highness

Related terms

• serenity

Translations

Peaceful, calm

Armenian: խաղաղ (hy) (xaġaġ), անդորր (hy) (andorr) Finnish: seesteinen (fi), rauhallinen (fi), tyyni (fi) Japanese: 静か (しずか, shizuka) Latin: serēnus (la)

Polish: spokojny (pl), opanowany (pl), niewzruszony (pl) Romanian: senin (ro) Russian: безмятежный (ru) (b'ezm'at'éžnyj), спокойный (ru) (spokójnyj) Swedish: fridfull (sv), lugn (sv)

Fair and unclouded

Armenian: հստակ (hy) (hstak), ջինջ (hy) (ǰinǰ), պարզ (hy) (parz), պայծառ (hy) (payçaṙ), անամպ (hy) (anamp) Finnish: seesteinen (fi), pilvetön (fi), kirkas (fi) Japanese: 晴れた (はれた, hareta)

Latin: serēnus (la) Polish: pogodny (pl) Romanian: senin (ro) Russian: чистый (ru) (čístyj), безоблачный (ru) (b'ezóblačnyj), ясный (ru) (jásnyj)

Part of royal title

Polish: najjaśniejszy (pl)

Russian: светлость (ru) n.

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French: serein m., sereine f. Italian: sereno m., serena f. Latin: serenus

Portuguese: serenidade

Etymology 2

Old French serein (“evening”), Vulgar Latin *serānum — from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.

Noun

serene (plural serenes)

1. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

Synonyms

• serein

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1.

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Dutch

Adjective

serene

1. The inflected form^FAQ of sereen.

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Italian

Adjective

serene f.

1. Feminine plural form of sereno

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Latin

Adjective

serēne

1. vocative masculine singular of serēnus

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Spanish

Verb

serene (infinitive serenar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of serenar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of serenar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of serenar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of serenar.