serea

See also: serẽa

Galician

Serea (mermaid)

Etymology

Attested circa 1300 (serea). From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese *serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Cognate with Portuguese sereia and Spanish sirena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.a̝/

Noun

serea f (plural sereas)

1. siren, mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 716:

     Cõmo Vlixas cõtou a el rrey Ydamenés cõmo escapara dos perígoos das sereas do mar

     Ulysses told king Ydamenes how he escaped of the dangers of the sirens of the sea

   Synonym: sirena

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “serea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “serea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Noun

serea f

1. Alternative form of serẽa