serenity

See also: Serenity

English

Etymology

From Middle English serenyte, from Old French serenité, from Latin serēnitās, equivalent to serene +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɛnɪti/

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• Hyphenation: se‧ren‧i‧ty

Noun

serenity (countable and uncountable, plural serenities)

1. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193:

     Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound.

   • 1987, Greg Costikyan, “The Jedi Code”, in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, page 69, line 3:

     There is no passion, there is serenity.

2. A lack of agitation or disturbance.
3. A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.

Synonyms

• sereneness
• tranquility / tranquillity
• harmony
• peace

Related terms

• serene

Translations

state

• Arabic: سَكِينَة اَلرُّوح f (sakīnat ar-rūḥ), صَفَاء f (ṣafāʔ)
• Bulgarian: ведрина (bg) f (vedrina), безоблачност f (bezoblačnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寧靜／宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜／平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳／安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧／安宁 (zh) (ānníng)

• Czech: klid (cs) m, zklidnění (cs) n, poklid m
• Dutch: sereniteit (nl) f
• Finnish: tyyneys (fi)
• French: sérénité (fr)
• Galician: serenidade (gl) f
• German: Gelassenheit (de) f, Gleichmut (de) m, Klarheit (de) f, Heiterkeit (de) f,Abgeklärtheit (de) f, Ausgeglichenheit (de) f,
• Greek: γαλήνη (el) f (galíni)
• Hebrew: רֹגַע m (róga')
• Hindi: शांति (hi) (śānti)
• Hungarian: derű (hu), derültség (hu)
• Indonesian: ketenteraman (id)
• Italian: serenità (it)
• Japanese: 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), セレニティ (sereniti)
• Latin: serēnitās f
• Malayalam: ആനന്ദം (ml) (ānandaṁ)
• Maori: mahurutanga, māriritanga
• Navajo: ił hodéezyéél
• Polish: spokój (pl) m
• Portuguese: serenidade (pt) f
• Romanian: seninătate (ro) f, liniște (ro) f
• Russian: безмяте́жность (ru) f (bezmjatéžnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: спокој m
• Spanish: sosiego (es) m, tranquilidad (es) f, serenidad (es)
• Swedish: lugn (sv) n, stillhet (sv) c, ro (sv) c, frid (sv) c, sinnesro (sv) c

lack of agitation

• Bulgarian: споко́йствие (bg) n (spokójstvie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寧靜／宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜／平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳／安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧／安宁 (zh) (ānníng)

• Czech: klid (cs) m, útlum m
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tyyneys (fi)
• German: Ruhe (de) f
• Greek: ηρεμία (el) f (iremía)
• Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), higgadtság (hu)
• Indonesian: ketenteraman (id)
• Japanese: 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), セレニティ (sereniti)
• Latin: serẽnitãs f (esp. when referring to the weather)
• Malayalam: ശാന്തം (ml) (śāntaṁ)
• Portuguese: serenidade (pt) f
• Russian: споко́йствие (ru) n (spokójstvije)
• Spanish: sosiego (es) m, tranquilidad (es) f
• Swedish: lugn (sv) n

title given to a prince or other dignitary

• Bulgarian: Светлост f (Svetlost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尊貴的閣下／尊贵的阁下 (zūnguì de géxià)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kunnianarvoisuus
• German: Durchlaucht (de)
• Greek: γαληνότατος (el) m (galinótatos)
• Hungarian: őfensége (hu)
• Russian: све́тлость (ru) f (svétlostʹ)
• Spanish: excelencia (es) m
• Swedish: Durchlaucht (of German princes)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} sérénité (fr) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} serenità (it) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} spokoj (sh)

See also

• Thesaurus:calmness