different between serena vs serene

English

Noun

serena (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The damp, unwholesome air of evening.

Related terms

• serein

Anagrams

• arenes, ensear, ranees

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sirena

Etymology

From Late Latin sir?na, from Latin S?r?n, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Seir?n).

Noun

serena f (plural serenes)

1. (Greek mythology) siren
2. mermaid
3. siren (alarm)

Catalan

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of serè

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin ser?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?rena/

Adjective

serena (accusative singular serenan, plural serenaj, accusative plural serenajn)

1. calm, serene

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

Verb

serena

1. third-person singular present indicative of serenare
2. second-person singular imperative of serenare

Anagrams

• arnese

Latin

Adjective

ser?na

1. nominative feminine singular of ser?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of ser?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of ser?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of ser?nus
5. nominative neuter plural of ser?nus

Adjective

ser?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of ser?nus

References

• serena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• serena in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• serena in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

Verb

serena

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of serenar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of serenar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??ena/, [se??e.na]

Etymology 1

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

Verb

serena

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of serenar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of serenar.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???i?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s???in/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ser?nus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

Adjective

serene (comparative more serene or serener, superlative most serene or serenest)

1. Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
3. (archaic) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear.
4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.

Related terms

• all serene
• serenity

Translations

Verb

serene (third-person singular simple present serenes, present participle serening, simple past and past participle serened)

1. (transitive) To make serene.

Noun

serene (plural serenes)

1. (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer

     the serene of heaven

   • 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality

     To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene.

2. Evening air; night chill.

   • Some serene blast me.

Etymology 2

Old French serein (“evening”), Vulgar Latin *ser?num (from substantive use of s?rum, neuter of s?rus (“late”)) + -?nus suffix.

Noun

serene (plural serenes)

1. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

Synonyms

• serein

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1.

Anagrams

• reseen, resene

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

serene

1. Inflected form of sereen

Esperanto

Etymology

serena +? -e

Adverb

serene

1. calmly, serenely

Italian

Adjective

serene

1. feminine plural of sereno

Latin

Etymology 1

From ser?nus +? -?.

Adverb

ser?n? (comparative ser?nius, superlative ser?nissim?)

1. clearly, brightly

Etymology 2

Adjective

ser?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of ser?nus

References

• serene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Verb

serene

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of serenar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of serenar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of serenar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of serenar

Spanish

Verb

serene

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of serenar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of serenar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of serenar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of serenar.