sere

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /sɪ(ə)ɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Homophones: cere, seer, sear === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ser, sere, seare, seer, seere, seir, seyr (“dry, withered; emaciated, shrivelled; brittle; bare; dead, lifeless; barren, useless”), from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, withered; barren; sere”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-, *sh₂ews- (“to be dry”). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry and coarse”), Greek αὖος (ávos, “dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Middle Low German sôr (Low German soor (“arid, dry”)), Old Church Slavonic соухъ (suχŭ, “dry”). Doublet of sear and sare. ==== Adjective ==== sere (comparative serer, superlative serest) (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry. Synonyms: (Britain, archaic) sare, sear; see also Thesaurus:dry (archaic or literary, poetic) Of thoughts, etc.: barren, fruitless. (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin serere, present active infinitive of serō (“to entwine, interlace, link together; to join in a series, string together”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; to thread”). ==== Noun ==== sere (plural seres) (ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved. [from early 20th c.] Synonym: seral community ===== Hyponyms ===== hydrosere lithosere psammosere ===== Derived terms ===== cryosere seral ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old French serre (modern French serre (“talon”)), from serrer (“to grip tightly; to shut”) (modern French serrer (“to squeeze; to tighten”)), from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“to close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō (“to fasten with a bolt; to bar, bolt”), from sera (“bar for fastening doors”), from serō (“to bind or join together; entwine, interlace, interweave, plait”); see further at etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== sere (plural seres) (obsolete) A claw, a talon. === Etymology 4 === From Middle English ser, sere, schere, seer, seere, seir, seyr, seyre (“different; diverse, various; distinct, individual; parted, separated; many, several”), from Old Norse sér (“for oneself; separately”, dative reflexive pronoun, literally “to oneself”), from sik (“oneself, myself, yourself, herself, himself; ourselves, yourselves, themselves”), from Proto-Germanic *sek (“oneself”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”). The English word is cognate with Danish sær (“singular”), især (“especially, particularly”), German sich (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Icelandic sig (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Latin sē (“herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Scots seir, Swedish sär (“particularly”). ==== Adjective ==== sere (comparative more sere, superlative most sere) (obsolete or UK, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart. (obsolete or UK, dialectal) Different; diverse. ===== Alternative forms ===== seer ===== Derived terms ===== serely === References === === Further reading === sere (ecology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SEER, eres, rees, rese, seer == Chichewa == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈse.ɽe/ === Noun === sere class 1a (plural asere class 2) or sere class 9 (plural sere class 10) anteater === References === Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[2], Oxford University Press, pages 492, 635 == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛrɛ] === Verb === sere third-person singular present indicative of srát == Friulian == === Etymology === From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Compare Italian sera, Venetan séra, Romansh saira, seira, Romanian seară, French soir. === Noun === sere f (plural seris) evening ==== Derived terms ==== buine sere == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French serrer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seɣe/ === Verb === sere (transitive) to tighten, to squeeze === Adjective === sere tight === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 177 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈse.re/ Rhymes: -ere Hyphenation: sé‧re === Noun === sere f plural of sera === Anagrams === erse, rese == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Form of the verb serō (“to sow or plant”). ==== Verb ==== sere second-person singular present active imperative of serō === Etymology 2 === Form of the verb serō (“to join or weave”). ==== Verb ==== sere second-person singular present active imperative of serō === Etymology 3 === Form of sērus. ==== Adjective ==== sēre vocative masculine singular of sērus == Leonese == === Etymology === From Latin esse (“to be”). The present subjunctive is influenced by Latin sedeō (“sit”) (present infinitive sedēre). === Verb === sere to be ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “sere”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026 == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch sēro. Equivalent to sêer +‎ -e. === Adverb === sêre strongly, very, to a great degree hard, forcefully fast, with speed ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: zeer Limburgish: zieër === Further reading === “sere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English sēar, from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī). Doublet of sor (“sorrel”). ==== Alternative forms ==== seer, seere, seir, ser ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sɛːr/ ==== Adjective ==== sere (especially referring to plants) dry, withered, shrunken, brittle (of thoughts, etc.) barren, fruitless ===== Descendants ===== English: sear, sere, sare ===== References ===== “sēr(e, adj.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Norse sér, dative of sik, from Proto-Germanic *siz, dative and instrumental of *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”). ==== Alternative forms ==== schere, seer, seere, seir, ser, seyr, seyre ==== Pronunciation ==== (adjective) IPA(key): /seːr/ (adverb) IPA(key): /ˈseːr(ə)/ ==== Adjective ==== sere Individual, separate, set apart. Different; diverse. Numerous, many, copious. ===== Descendants ===== English: sere ===== References ===== “sẹ̄r(e, adj.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2019. ==== Adverb ==== sere Separately, severally. ===== References ===== “sẹ̄re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 August 2019. === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== sere alternative form of sure == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === From *serde, from Proto-Iranian *carHdáh (> sal (“year”)) + -e (“noun forming suffix”). Compare salî (“old, aged”), used when asking how old. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛˈɾɛ/ === Adjective === sere (Arabic spelling سەرە) (of people) old, aged, elderly, senior Synonyms: kal, mezin, pîr Antonyms: cahil, ciwan, naşî, xort === References === Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “sere”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 236 == Shona == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === -séré eight ==== Inflection ==== == Turkish == === Alternative forms === sele === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سره (sere), from Proto-Turkic *sere (“span between the thumb and the index”), probably a derivation from *ser- (“to endure, be patient; to spread”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈɾe/ Hyphenation: se‧re === Noun === sere (definite accusative sereyi, plural sereler) the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the index finger, used as a unit of measure Coordinate term: karış ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “sere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sere”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sere1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4154 == Zazaki == === Etymology === Related to Persian سر (sar). === Noun === sere (anatomy) head