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!"

Synonyms

• serene

Anagrams

• seiner, serine, sirene

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səʁɛ̃/
• Homophones: sereins, serin, serins

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

Derived terms

• sereinement

Etymology 2

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

Noun

serein m ‎(plural sereins)

1. serein

Anagrams

• insère, inséré, reines, renies, résine, résiné, seiner, sirène

Old French

Alternative forms

• serain

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