serafim

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾaˈfĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐˈfĩ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Homophone: Serafim
• Hyphenation: se‧ra‧fim

Noun

serafim m (plural serafins)

1. (biblical) seraph (highest order of angels)

Related terms

• seráfico

Further reading

• “serafim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “serafim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “serafim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic серафимъ (serafimŭ), from Koine Greek σεραφείμ (serapheím), from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm), the plural form of שָׂרָף (śārāp̄, “burning one”).

Noun

serafim m (plural serafimi)

1. seraph

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	serafim	serafimul		serafimi	serafimii
genitive-dative	serafim	serafimului		serafimi	serafimilor
vocative	serafimule			serafimilor