From Late Latinsēra, from ellipsis of Latinsēradiēs, from sērus(“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-ro-. Compare Frenchsoir, Venetianséra, Friuliansere, Siciliansira, Romanianseară, Romanschsaira.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈseː.ra], /ˈsera/
Hyphenation: sé‧ra
Noun
seraf (pluralsere)
evening
Related terms
buonasera / buona sera / bonasera
iersera
serale
serata
stasera
See also
(times of day) parte del giorno; aurora, alba, mattino/mattina, mezzogiorno, pomeriggio, tramonto, crepuscolo, sera, notte, mezzanotte(Category: it:Time)[edit]
Anagrams
arse, ersa, rase, resa
Latin
Etymology 1
From serō(“to bind”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ra/, [ˈs̠ɛ.ɾa]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ra/, [ˈsɛː.ra]
Noun
seraf (genitiveserae); first declension
a bar or bolt for fastening doors
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
serra
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.ra/, [ˈs̠eː.ɾa]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ra/, [ˈsɛː.ra]
Adjective
sēra
nominative feminine singular of sērus
nominative neuter plural of sērus
accusative neuter plural of sērus
vocative feminine singular of sērus
Adjective
sērā
ablative feminine singular of sērus
References
sera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
sera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
sera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
sera in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
sera in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Latvian
Noun
seram
genitive singular form of sers
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*syrъ(“cheese”); cognate with Upper Sorbiansyra, Polishser, Czechsýr, Russianсыр(syr), Old Church Slavonicсꙑръ(syrŭ).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɛra/
Noun
seraf
colostrum, beestings
Declension
Synonyms
serawa
Further reading
sera in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
sera in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Old Norse
Verb
sera
first-person singular past indicative/subjunctive active of sá
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ra/
Noun
seram inan
genitive singular of ser
Romansch
Alternative forms
(Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)saira
(Surmiran)seira
Etymology
From Late Latinsēra, from ellipsis of Latinsēradies, from sērus(“late”).