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English

Etymology

[e.] Borrowed from French serein. Doublet of serene.

Noun

[n.] serein (uncountable)

Light rainfall from a cloudless sky after sunset. quotations ▼

Synonyms

[s.] serene

Anagrams

[a.] Eisner, irenes, seiner, serine, sirene

French

Pronunciation

[p.] IPA(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃/

Homophones

[h.] sereins, serin, serins

Etymology 1 :

From Old French

[e.1] serein, probably from seri ("calm, mild"), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serescō, serēscere ("grow dry"), itself from or related to serēnus ("cloudless"), by extension "calm, peaceful".

Adjective

[a.] serein (feminine singular sereine, masculine plural sereins, feminine plural sereines)

(of sky) unclouded, clear
(figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil

Derived terms

[d.] sereinement

Related terms

[r.] rasséréner
sérénade
sérénité

Etymology 2 :

[e.2] Either from Latin serenum ("good weather"), or from Old French serein ("evening"), from Latin serum.

Noun

[n.] serein m (plural sereins)

(literary or regional) serein

Anagrams

[a.] insère, inséré, reines, renies, résine, résiné, seiner, sirène

Further reading

[f.] "serein" in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

[a.f] serain

Etymology 1 :

[e.] From seri ("calm, mild"), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serescō, serēscere ("grow dry"), itself from or related to serēnus ("cloudless"), by extension "calm, peaceful".