serenade

See also: Serenade, sérénade, and sérénadé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

serenade (plural serenades)

1. A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
2. (music) An instrumental composition in several movements.

   “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.

Translations

love song

• Breton: nozkan
• Catalan: serenata f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小夜曲 (zh) (xiǎoyèqū)

• Czech: serenáda (cs) f
• Dutch: serenade (nl) f
• Esperanto: serenado
• Faroese: aftansongur (fo) m
• Finnish: serenadi (fi)
• French: sérénade (fr) f
• German: Serenade (de) f
• Italian: serenata (it) f
• Japanese: セレナーデ (serenāde), セレナード (serenādo), 小夜曲 (しょうやきょく, shōyakyoku, さよきょく, sayokyoku), 夜曲 (やきょく, yakyoku)
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• Korean: 세레나데 (ko) (serenade)
• Macedonian: серена́да f (serenáda)
• Polish: serenada (pl) f
• Portuguese: serenata (pt) f
• Romanian: serenadă (ro) f
• Russian: серена́да (ru) f (serenáda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: серенада f, подокница f

  Roman: serenada (sh) f, podoknica (sh) f

• Spanish: serenata f
• Tagalog: harana
• Thai: เซเรนาด
• Welsh: nosgan f

instrumental composition

• Dutch: serenade (nl) f
• German: Serenade (de) f, Ständchen (de) sg
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• Polish: serenada (pl) f

Verb

1. (transitive) To sing or play a serenade for (someone).
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]

     The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.

Translations

serenade

• Finnish: esittää serenadi jollekulle
• French: sérénader (fr)
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• Romanian: a cânta o serenadă
• Spanish: dar serenata

Further reading

• serenade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• enseared

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Pronunciation

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Noun

serenade f (plural serenades)

1. serenade

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sereˈnade]

Noun

serenade f pl

1. plural of serenadă