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serene¹

  • /səˈɹiːn/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /səˈɹin/ US
  • /səˈɾin/ Scotland
  • /səˈɾiːn/ Wales

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

adjective more serene · serener · most serene · serenest

  1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled. She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.

    Similar: cool-headed, placid, calm, steady, collected, composed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered

  2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance. I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene.

    Similar: easygoing, unconcerned, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy

  3. archaic Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured. Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]
  4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence. Her Serene Highness

verb serenes · serening · serened

  1. transitive To make serene. The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.

noun serenes

  1. poetic Serenity; clearness; calmness. the serene of heaven

serene²

  • /səˈɹiːn/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /səˈɹin/ US
  • /səˈɾin/ Scotland
  • /səˈɾiːn/ Wales

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French serein, from Old French serein (“evening”), from Vulgar Latin *serānum, from substantive use of sērum, neuter of sērus (“late”) + -ānus suffix.

noun serenes · serein · serena

  1. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset. Some ſerene blaſt me, or dire lightning ſtrike / This my offending face.

Serene³

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena. The Prince according to the former token, / Which faire Serene to him delivered had, […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: calm, peaceful, tranquil, clear, placid, quiet, dispassionate, unruffled, serena, august, highness, conducive, smooth, collected, celestial, serein

Translations

Every language

adj peaceful, calm

Españolsereno
한국어고요하다 goyohada
日本語静かな shizuka na, 平静な heisei na
中文平靜 /平静 píngjìng, 寧靜 /宁静 níngjìng, 安詳 /安详 ānxiáng
Portuguêssereno
Françaisserein, sereine
Deutschgelassen, ruhig
Italianosereno
Românăsenin
Русскийбезмяте́жный bezmjatéžnyj, споко́йный spokójnyj

adj fair and unclouded

Españolsereno
日本語晴れた hareta
Portuguêssereno
Françaisserein, sereine
Italianosereno
Românăsenin
Русскийчи́стый čístyj, безо́блачный bezóblačnyj, я́сный jásnyj

adj part of royal title

Españolsereno
Русскийсветлость svetlostʹ

verb transitive

Españolserenar

verb reflexive

Españolserenarse

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@misc{serene_2026,
  title = {serene},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/serene},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}