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/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: se‧ren‧i‧ty

Noun

serenity (countable and uncountable, plural serenities)

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 1042815524, 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, line 3, page 69:
  There is no passion, there is serenity.
A lack of agitation or disturbance.
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 (ṣafāʾ)
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) (ānandaṃ)
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) (śāntaṃ)
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
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)