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English
Etymology
From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).
Noun
serena (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun).
1594, Thomas Nashe, The terrors of the night, or, A discourse of apparitions:Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed: […]
1589-1600, Robert Dudley, “A voyage of the honourable Gentleman M. Robert Duddeley, now knight, to the isle of Trinidad, and the coast of Paria”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation:But not desirous to make any longer aboad in this place, by reason of the most infectious serenas or dewes that fall all along these coasts of Africa, […]
1723, William Darrell, The Gentleman Instructed, in the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life (8th edition), page 108:For indeed they had already by way of Precaution, armed themselves against the Serena with a Caudle.
See also
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).
Pronunciation
Noun
serena f (plural serenes)
- (Greek mythology) siren
- mermaid
- siren (alarm)
Catalan
Adjective
serena
- feminine singular of serè
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin serēnus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
serena (accusative singular serenan, plural serenaj, accusative plural serenajn)
- calm, serene
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈre.na/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: se‧ré‧na
Etymology 1
Adjective
serena f sg
- feminine singular of sereno
Etymology 2
Verb
serena
- inflection of serenare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
serēna
- inflection of serēnus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
serēnā
- ablative feminine singular of serēnus
References
- serena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “serena”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman 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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -enɐ
- Hyphenation: se‧re‧na
Adjective
serena
- feminine singular of sereno
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛnɐ, (Brazil) -enɐ, (Brazil) -ẽnɐ
- Hyphenation: se‧re‧na
Verb
serena
- inflection of serenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈɾena/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: se‧re‧na
Etymology 1
Noun
serena f (plural serenas)
- female equivalent of sereno
Adjective
serena
- feminine singular of sereno
Etymology 2
Verb
serena
- inflection of serenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Swedish
Adjective
serena
- inflection of seren:
- definite singular
- plural