different between serin vs serein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French serin.

Noun

serin (plural serins)

1. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.

Translations

See also

• siskin

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, Siner, Siren, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, siren

French

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from an early language of southern France (compare Old Occitan cerena (“hunting-bird”)), from Latin sirena, from Latin siren (“Siren”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (Seir?n). Doublet of sirène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.???/
• Homophones: serein, sereins, serins

Noun

serin m (plural serins)

1. bird of the genus Serinus, canary

Further reading

• “serin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• reins

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

serin

1. independent
2. free of obligation
3. of one's own free will

Declension

Swedish

Noun

serin n

1. (biochemistry) serine

Declension

Anagrams

• inser

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. Cognate with Tuvan ?????? (seriin, “cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??in/

Adjective

serin (comparative daha serin, superlative en serin)

1. cool (mildly or pleasantly cold)

See also

• so?uk
• ?l?k
• s?cak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French serein. Doublet of serene.

Noun

serein (uncountable)

1. Light rainfall from a cloudless sky after sunset.

Synonyms

• serene

Anagrams

• Eisner, irenes, seiner, serine, sirene

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.???/
• Homophones: sereins, serin, serins

Etymology 1

From Old French serein, probably from seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin ser?nus), from a verb deriving from Latin seresc?, ser?scere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to ser?nus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".

Adjective

serein (feminine singular sereine, masculine plural sereins, feminine plural sereines)

1. (of sky) unclouded, clear
2. (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil

Derived terms

• sereinement

Related terms

• rasséréner
• sérénade
• sérénité

Etymology 2

Either from Latin serenum (“good weather”), or from Old French serein (“evening”), from Latin serum.

Noun

serein m (plural sereins)

1. (literary or regional) serein

Anagrams

• insère, inséré, reines, renies, résine, résiné, seiner, sirène

Further reading

• “serein” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• serain

Etymology 1

From seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin ser?nus), from a verb deriving from Latin seresc?, ser?scere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to ser?nus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".

Adjective

serein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sereine)

1. serene, calm, tranquil

Descendants

• French: serein

Etymology 2

From a derivative of Latin serum.

Noun

serein m (oblique plural sereinz, nominative singular sereinz, nominative plural serein)

1. evening

Descendants

• French: serein