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serena

serena is the obsolete form of serene.

Meaning of serene

Noun (1)

serene (plural serenes)

  1. (poetic) 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)

  1. 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...

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Proper noun capitalized: Serena

Serena

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • Of which whilest they discoursed both together, / The faire Serena (so his lady hight)1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23
    • The latest in a long line of dirty dating tactics to emerge is “wokefishing,” a term coined by writer Serena Smith. “People masquerade as holding progressive political views to ensnare potential partners,” Smith told Vice. Wokefishermen can be thought of like catfishers — those who use fake online...2020 July 30, Ben Cost, “Wokefish’ dating trend: Shady men are pretending to be progressive on apps”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2020

Origin of serena

From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).

From the name of an early Christian saint, Latin serena (“serene”).

Phrases with serena

Questions about serena

What does serena mean?
Serena means a female given name from Latin.
What is serena the obsolete form of?
Serena is the obsolete form of serene.
What part of speech is serena?
Serena is a proper noun.

Words near serena in the dictionary

  1. serekhs
  2. Serekunda
  3. serelaxin
  4. serely
  5. Seremban
  6. serena
  7. Serena Slam
  8. serenade
  9. serenaded
  10. serenader
  11. serenaders

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