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serene.

Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/səˈɹiːn/Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/səˈɹin/General-American/səˈɾin/Scotland/səˈɾiːn/Wales
  1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

    She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.
  2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.

  3. Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.

    archaic
  4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.

    Her Serene Highness
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

verb/səˈɹiːn/Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/səˈɹin/General-American/səˈɾin/Scotland/səˈɾiːn/Wales
  1. To make serene.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

noun/səˈɹiːn/Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/səˈɹin/General-American/səˈɾin/Scotland/səˈɾiːn/Wales
  1. Serenity; clearness; calmness.

    poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

noun/səˈɹiːn/Australia, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/səˈɹin/General-American/səˈɾin/Scotland/səˈɾiːn/Wales
  1. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French serein, from Old French serein (“evening”), from Vulgar Latin *serānum, from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.

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