serenity

See also: Serenity

English

Etymology

From Middle English serenyte, from Old French serenité, from Latin serēnitās, equivalent to serene +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɛnɪti/

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• Hyphenation: se‧ren‧i‧ty

Noun

serenity (countable and uncountable, plural serenities)

1. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193:

     Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound.

   • 1987, Greg Costikyan, “The Jedi Code”, in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, page 69, line 3:

     There is no passion, there is serenity.

2. A lack of agitation or disturbance.
3. A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.

Synonyms

• sereneness
• tranquility / tranquillity
• harmony
• peace

Related terms

• serene

Translations

state

Arabic: سَكِينَة اَلرُّوح f (sakīnat ar-rūḥ), صَفَاء f (ṣafāʔ) Bulgarian: ведрина (bg) f (vedrina), безоблачност f (bezoblačnost) Chinese: Mandarin: 寧靜／宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜／平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳／安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧／安宁 (zh) (ānníng) Czech: klid (cs) m, zklidnění (cs) n, poklid m Dutch: sereniteit (nl) f Finnish: tyyneys (fi) French: sérénité (fr) Galician: serenidade (gl) f German: Gelassenheit (de) f, Gleichmut (de) m, Klarheit (de) f, Heiterkeit (de) f,Abgeklärtheit (de) f, Ausgeglichenheit (de) f, Greek: γαλήνη (el) f (galíni) Hebrew: רֹגַע m (róga') Hindi: शांति (hi) (śānti) Hungarian: derű (hu), derültség (hu) Indonesian: ketenteraman (id) Italian: serenità (it) Japanese: 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), セレニティ (sereniti) Latin: serēnitās f Malayalam: ആനന്ദം (ml) (ānandaṁ) Maori: mahurutanga, māriritanga Navajo: ił hodéezyéél Polish: spokój (pl) m Portuguese: serenidade (pt) f Romanian: seninătate (ro) f, liniște (ro) f Russian: безмяте́жность (ru) f (bezmjatéžnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: спокој m Spanish: sosiego (es) m, tranquilidad (es) f, serenidad (es) Swedish: lugn (sv) n, stillhet (sv) c, ro (sv) c, frid (sv) c, sinnesro (sv) c

lack of agitation

Bulgarian: споко́йствие (bg) n (spokójstvie) Chinese: Mandarin: 寧靜／宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜／平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳／安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧／安宁 (zh) (ānníng) Czech: klid (cs) m, útlum m Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tyyneys (fi) German: Ruhe (de) f Greek: ηρεμία (el) f (iremía) Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), higgadtság (hu) Indonesian: ketenteraman (id) Japanese: 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), セレニティ (sereniti) Latin: serẽnitãs f (esp. when referring to the weather) Malayalam: ശാന്തം (ml) (śāntaṁ) Portuguese: serenidade (pt) f Russian: споко́йствие (ru) n (spokójstvije) Spanish: sosiego (es) m, tranquilidad (es) f Swedish: lugn (sv) n

title given to a prince or other dignitary

Bulgarian: Светлост f (Svetlost) Chinese: Mandarin: 尊貴的閣下／尊贵的阁下 (zūnguì de géxià) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kunnianarvoisuus German: Durchlaucht (de) Greek: γαληνότατος (el) m (galinótatos) Hungarian: őfensége (hu) Russian: све́тлость (ru) f (svétlostʹ) Spanish: excelencia (es) m Swedish: Durchlaucht (of German princes)

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Translations to be checked

French: (please verify) sérénité (fr) f Italian: (please verify) serenità (it) f Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) spokoj (sh)

See also

• Thesaurus:calmness