serotine

Synonyms of serotine

• serotinal
• serotinous

Forms of serotine

Origin of serotine

Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).

Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”): see etymology 1.

Words formed from serotine

• banana serotine
• Cape serotine
• Chiriquinan serotine
• East African serotine
• Isalo serotine
• little black serotine
• Malagasy serotine
• meridional serotine
• Rendall's serotine
• Roberts's serotine
• Somali serotine
• Stanley's serotine
• Taddei's serotine
• tiny serotine
• white-winged serotine
• Zulu serotine

Related words

• serotiny

Questions about serotine

What does serotine mean?

Serotine means any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.

What part of speech is serotine?

Serotine can be a noun or an adjective.

How do you pronounce serotine?

Serotine is pronounced /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ (UK).

What is the plural of serotine?

The plural of serotine is serotines.