serotine
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See also: sérotine
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/, /-tɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/, /-ˌtin/, /-ˌtaɪn/
- Hyphenation: ser‧o‧tine
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
serotine (plural serotines)
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”):[1][3] see etymology 1.
Adjective[edit]
serotine (comparative more serotine, superlative most serotine)
- (biology) Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.
- Synonyms: serotinal, serotinous
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “serotine, adj. and n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “serotine, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “serotine, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “serotine, adj. (and n.2)”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- serotine bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- serotiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “serotine, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Eptesicus serotinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
serotine
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sērōtine
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