serein
UK/səˈɹeɪn/US/səˈɹæn/
serein is the alternative form of serene.
Meaning of serene
Noun (1)
serene (plural serenes)
- Serenity; clearness; calmness.
- the serene of heaven1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and...
Noun (2)
serene (plural serenes)
- A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
- Some ſerene blaſt me, or dire lightning ſtrike / This my offending face.1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act III, scene vii, signatures H2, recto – H2...
Words that rhyme with serein
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- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about serein
- What is serein the alternative form of?
- Serein is the alternative form of serene.
- How do you pronounce serein?
- Serein is pronounced /səˈɹeɪn/ (UK).
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