serene
See also: Serene, serené, and Serēnē
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /səˈɹiːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /səˈɹin/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 1
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).
Adjective
serene (comparative more serene or serener, superlative most serene or serenest)
- Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
- She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 6:
- Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
- Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
- (archaic) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, “Winter. The Fourth Pastoral. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], OCLC 43265629, page 30:
- Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]
- 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, OCLC 519198867, page 32:
- Full many a gem of pureſt ray ſerene / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: […]
- 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744:
- A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.
- Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.
- Her Serene Highness
Related terms
- all serene
- serenity
Translations
peaceful, calm
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fair and unclouded
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part of royal title
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Verb
serene (third-person singular simple present serenes, present participle serening, simple past and past participle serened)
- (transitive) To make serene.
- 1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, OCLC 642619686, lines 866–867, page 34:
- When heaven and earth, as if contending, vye / To raiſe his being, and ſerene his ſoul.
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Noun
serene (plural serenes)
- (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], OCLC 277545047:
- the serene of heaven
- 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality
- To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French serein, from Old French serein (“evening”), from Vulgar Latin *serānum, from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.
Noun
serene (plural serenes)
- A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
- 1605 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342:
- Some serene blast me.
Alternative forms
- serein
- serena (obsolete)
References
- Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1.
Anagrams
- reseen, resene
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
serene
- Inflected form of sereen
Esperanto
Etymology
serena + -e
Adverb
serene
- calmly, serenely
Italian
Adjective
serene
- feminine plural of sereno
Latin
Etymology 1
From serēnus + -ē.
Adverb
serēnē (comparative serēnius, superlative serēnissimē)
- clearly, brightly
Adjective
serēne
- vocative masculine singular of serēnus
References
- “serene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
Verb
serene
- inflection of serenar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
serene
- inflection of serenar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Adjective
serene
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of seren.