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Webster 1913 Edition


Serein


Se-rein′

,
Noun.
[F. Cf.
Serenade
,
Noun.
]
(Meteorol.)
A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset.
Tyndall.

Definition 2024


serein

serein

English

Noun

serein (uncountable)

  1. Light rainfall from a cloudless sky after sunset.
    • 2000, Raphael Confiant, Mamzelle Dragonfly
      "She must have caught a chill from the serein, that's all!"

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin serēnus ("cloudless", by extension "calm, peaceful").

Adjective

serein m (feminine singular sereine, masculine plural sereins, feminine plural sereines)

  1. (of sky) unclouded, clear
  2. (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil
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Etymology 2

Either from Latin serenum (good weather), or from Old French serein (evening), from Latin serum.

Noun

serein m (plural sereins)

  1. serein

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin serenus ("cloudless", by extension "calm, peaceful").

Adjective

serein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sereine)

  1. serene, calm, tranquil

Etymology 2

From Latin serum.

Noun

serein m (oblique plural sereinz, nominative singular sereinz, nominative plural serein)

  1. evening