serena

See also: Serena, serená, and Serēna

English

Etymology

From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).

Noun

serena (uncountable)

1. 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

• gutta serena

Anagrams

• arenes, ensear, ranees

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sirena

Etymology

From Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾena/ [seˈɾe.na]

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 serēnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈrena/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: se‧re‧na

Adjective

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

1. calm, serene

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: se‧ré‧na

Etymology 1

Adjective

serena f sg

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

Verb

serena

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

Anagrams

• arnese

Latin

Pronunciation

• serēna:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈreː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈrɛː.na]
• serēnā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈreː.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈrɛː.na]

Adjective

serēna

1. inflection of serēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

serēnā

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾe.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -enɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧re‧na

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾɛ.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛnɐ, (Brazil) -enɐ, (Brazil) -ẽnɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧re‧na

Verb

serena

1. inflection of serenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾena/ [seˈɾe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: se‧re‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

serena f (plural serenas)

1. female equivalent of sereno

Adjective

serena

1. feminine singular of sereno

Etymology 2

Verb

serena

1. inflection of serenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “serena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Adjective

serena

1. inflection of seren:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural