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serotine¹

  • /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ UK
  • /-tɪn/ UK
  • /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/ US
  • /-ˌtin/ US
  • /-ˌtaɪn/ US

Where it comes from

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).

noun serotines

  1. Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.

serotine²

  • /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ UK
  • /-tɪn/ UK
  • /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/ US
  • /-ˌtin/ US
  • /-ˌtaɪn/ US

Where it comes from

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

adjective more serotine · most serotine

  1. Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.

    Similar: serotinal, serotinous

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noun any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus

Françaissérotine
Русскийкожа́н kožán

adj developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season

Françaissérotinal

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@misc{serotine_2026,
  title = {serotine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/serotine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}