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serenades

serenades is the plural of serenade.

Meaning of serenade

Noun

serenade (plural serenades)

  1. A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
    • From me to thee glad serenades, / Dances for thee I propose saluting thee, adornments and feastings for thee, / And the sights of the open landscape and the high-spread sky are fitting, / And life and the fields, and the huge and thoughtful night.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
  2. An instrumental composition in several movements.
    • “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.

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Questions about serenades

What is serenades the plural of?
Serenades is the plural of serenade.

Words near serenades in the dictionary

  1. Serena Slam
  2. serenade
  3. serenaded
  4. serenader
  5. serenaders
  6. serenades
  7. serenading
  8. serenadings
  9. serenata
  10. serenatas
  11. serenate

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