English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /siːr/
• Homophone: seer (UK)
• Homophone: sear (US)

Adjective

sere ‎(comparative serer, superlative serest)

1. Without moisture.
   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part 5:

     The roaring wind! it roar'd far off,
     It did not come anear;
     But with its sound it shook the sails
     That were so thin and sere.

   • 1868, Henry Lonsdale, The Worthies of Cumberland, volume concerning Sir J. R. G. Graham, chapter 1, page 1:

     …whilst the recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.

   • 1984, Vernor Vinge, The Peace War, chapter 37:

     The grass was sere and golden, the dirt beneath white and gravelly.

Translations

Noun

sere ‎(plural seres)

1. An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.

Synonyms

• seral community

Etymology 2

From Middle English sere, ser, from Old Norse sér ‎(“for oneself, separately”, dative reflexive pronoun, literally “to oneself”), from Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek ‎(“oneself”). Cognate with Scots seir. Compare Icelandic sig, German sich, Latin se.

Alternative forms

• seer

Adjective

sere ‎(comparative more sere, superlative most sere)

1. (now rare, archaic, dialectal) set apart; separate; individual; different; diverse; several; many
   • 1815, Roger Ascham, The English Works. A New Ed - Page 133:

     Therefore I have seen good shooters which would have for every bow a sere case, made of woollen cloth, and then you may put three or four of them, so cased, into a leather case if you will.

   • 1912, Eliakim Littell, ‎Robert S. Littell, The Living Age - Volume 274 - Page 153:

     Thou wert wellnee moidered' wi' me, I know, but it thou'd telled me, Mary, I mun do better or else we mun goo our sere-ways,' belike I should a done better. I'm nobbut a mon, Mary, a lundy day-tale mon. Thou might a glen me that much [...]

   • 1999, Richard Beadle, ‎Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling - Page 104:

     Behold now sir, and thou shalt see Sere kingdoms and sere country; All this will I give to thee For evermore, And thou fall and honour me As I said ere.

Derived terms

• serely

Etymology 3

French serre

Noun

sere ‎(plural seres)

1. (obsolete) claw; talon

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See also

• sear

Anagrams

• Erse, Rees, seer

Czech

Verb

sere

1. 3rd person singular indicative of srát

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sēra, from sērō ‎(“at a late hour, late”), from sērus ‎(“late”). Compare Italian sera, Venetian séra, Romansch saira, seira, Romanian seară, French soir.

Noun

sere f ‎(plural seris)

1. evening

Derived terms

• buine sere

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseː.re], /ˈsere/
• Hyphenation: sé‧re

Noun

sere f

1. plural of sera

Anagrams

• erse, rese

Kurdish

Adjective

sere

1. old

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb serō ‎(“I sow or plant”).

Verb

sere

1. second-person singular present active imperative of serō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb serō ‎(“I join or weave”).

Verb

sere

1. second-person singular present active imperative of serō

Etymology 3

Form of sērus.

Adjective

sēre

1. vocative masculine singular of sērus

Zazaki

Noun

sere ?

1. (anatomy) head