sera

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Noun

sera

1. plural of serum; alternative form of serums

Anagrams

• Sare, EARs, eras, arse, AREs, Ersa, ERAs, reas, Sear, sear, ears, RASE, rase, Ares, ares, ARSE, sare

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• sara

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cerrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾa/ [seˈɾa]
• Hyphenation: se‧ra

Verb

será (complete serera, Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍ)

1. to lock, to latch

   Synonym: barat

2. to close, to shut

   Synonym: pinto

   Antonyms: bukas, buka, abri

Derived terms

• magsera
• mansera
• maserahan
• serahan
• serahon

Related terms

• serado
• seradura

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: se‧ra

Verb

sera

1. masculine singular present transgressive of srát

Related terms

• serouc

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

sera

1. plural of serum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ʁa/, /sʁa/

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• Rhymes: -a

Verb

sera

1. third-person singular future indicative of être

Anagrams

• ares, Arès
• rase, rasé

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).

Cognate with Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansh saira and French soir m. See also Latin sērōtinus (“late; (relational) evening”).

Compare typologically Spanish tarde, Mongolian орой (oroj), Chinese 晚 (wǎn) (the terms meaning both “evening” and “late”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ra/

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• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: sé‧ra

Noun

sera f (plural sere)

1. evening

Related terms

• buonasera / buona sera / bonasera
• iersera
• serale
• serata
• stasera

See also

times of day: parti del giornoedit

• aurora
• alba
• mane
• mattino ~ mattina
• mezzogiorno
• pomeriggio
• tramonto
• crepuscolo
• sera
• vespro
• notte
• mezzanotte

Anagrams

• Ares, arse, rase, resa

Latin

Etymology 1

From serō (“to bind”) + -a. Compare perhaps similar instument nouns such as serra and traha.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ra]

Noun

sera f (genitive serae); first declension

1. a bar or bolt for fastening doors
   • 16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 3.14:

     quis furor est, quae nocte latent, in luce fateri,
     et quae clam facias facta referre palam?
     ignoto meretrix corpus iunctura Quiriti
     opposita populum summovet ante sera;
     tu tua prostitues famae peccata sinistrae
     commissi perages indiciumque tui?

     • Translation by Christopher Marlowe

       What madnesse ist to tell night prankes by day,
       And hidden secrets openlie to bewray?
       The strumpet with the stranger will not do,
       Before the roome be deere, and doore put too.
       Will you make shipwracke of your honest name,
       And let the world be witnesse of the same?

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sera	serae
genitive	serae	serārum
dative	serae	serīs
accusative	seram	serās
ablative	serā	serīs
vocative	sera	serae

Derived terms

• disserō
• obserō
• reserō
• serō (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Dalmatian: saira
• Galician: serra
• >? Italian: saracinesca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ra]

Adjective

sēra

1. inflection of sērus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

sērā

1. 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

sera m

1. genitive singular of sers

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syrъ (“cheese”); cognate with Macedonian сереј (serej, “colostrum, beestings”), Macedonian серај (seraj, “colostrum, beestings”), Polish siara (“colostrum”), Upper Sorbian syra, Czech sýr, Russian сыр (syr), Old Church Slavonic сꙑръ (syrŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛra/

Noun

sera f

1. colostrum, beestings

Declension

Declension of sera

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sera	serje	sery
genitive	sery	serowu	serow
dative	serje	seroma	seram
accusative	seru	serje	sery
instrumental	seru	seroma	serami
locative	serje	seroma	serach

Synonyms

• serawa

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “sera”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “sera”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).

Noun

sera

1. enemy

Old Norse

Verb

sera

1. first-person singular past indicative/subjunctive active of sá

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: se‧ra

Noun

sera m inan

1. genitive singular of ser

Romanian

Noun

sera

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of seră

Romansh

Alternative forms

• saira (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• seira (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra dies, from sērus (“late”).

Noun

sera f (plural seras)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) evening

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• sero

Etymology

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansh saira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsera/

Noun

sera f (plural seras)

1. evening

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).

Noun

sera class 7/8 (plural dira)

1. enemy

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sera class V (plural masera class VI)

1. policy (plan or course of action)

Derived terms

• sera ya faragha (“privacy policy”)
• sera ya fedha (“monetary policy”)
• sera ya kigeni (“foreign policy”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

sera class IX (plural sera class X)

2. fortress, fort

   Synonyms: ngome, boma, buruji

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sera class ? (plural [please provide])

1. beeswax

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).

Noun

sera class 7 (plural dira)

1. enemy

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed either from French serre or Italian serra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: se‧ra

Noun

sera (definite accusative serayı, plural seralar)

1. greenhouse

Declension

Declension of sera

singular plural nominative sera seralar definite accusative serayı seraları dative seraya seralara locative serada seralarda ablative seradan seralardan genitive seranın seraların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular seram seralarım 2nd singular seran seraların 3rd singular serası seraları 1st plural seramız seralarımız 2nd plural seranız seralarınız 3rd plural seraları seraları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular seramı seralarımı 2nd singular seranı seralarını 3rd singular serasını seralarını 1st plural seramızı seralarımızı 2nd plural seranızı seralarınızı 3rd plural seralarını seralarını dative singular plural 1st singular serama seralarıma 2nd singular serana seralarına 3rd singular serasına seralarına 1st plural seramıza seralarımıza 2nd plural seranıza seralarınıza 3rd plural seralarına seralarına locative singular plural 1st singular seramda seralarımda 2nd singular seranda seralarında 3rd singular serasında seralarında 1st plural seramızda seralarımızda 2nd plural seranızda seralarınızda 3rd plural seralarında seralarında ablative singular plural 1st singular seramdan seralarımdan 2nd singular serandan seralarından 3rd singular serasından seralarından 1st plural seramızdan seralarımızdan 2nd plural seranızdan seralarınızdan 3rd plural seralarından seralarından genitive singular plural 1st singular seramın seralarımın 2nd singular seranın seralarının 3rd singular serasının seralarının 1st plural seramızın seralarımızın 2nd plural seranızın seralarınızın 3rd plural seralarının seralarının

Derived terms

• sera etkisi
• seracı

Venetan

Alternative forms

• siera, çera, zhera

Etymology

Compare Italian serra

Noun

sera f (plural sere)

1. greenhouse