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serein

/sə.ʁɛ̃/

adjective/sə.ʁɛ̃/

unclouded, clear; serene, calm, tranquil

Inherited from Old French serein, probably from seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serēscere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to serēnus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".

noun, masculine/sə.ʁɛ̃/plural: sereins

serein

Either from Latin serenum (“good weather”), or from Old French serein (“evening”), from Latin serum.