Definitions for serenadeˌsɛr əˈneɪd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ser•e•nadeˌsɛr əˈneɪd(n.; v.)-nad•ed, -nad•ing.
(n.)a complimentary performance of music in the open air at night, as by a lover to his lady.
Category: Music and Dance
an instrumental composition of several movements that is intermediate between the suite and the symphony.
Category: Music and Dance
(v.t.)to entertain with a serenade.
Category: Music and Dance
(v.i.)to perform a serenade.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of serenade:
1640–50; < F sérénade < It serenata; see serenata
ser`e•nad′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
divertimento, serenade(noun)
a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
serenade(verb)
a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
serenade(verb)
sing and play for somebody
"She was serenaded by her admirers"
Wiktionary
serenade(Noun)
a love song, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening
serenade(Noun)
an instrumental composition in several movements
serenade(Verb)
to sing or play a serenade (for someone)
Origin: sérénade, from serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from sereno, from serenus.
Webster Dictionary
Serenade(noun)
music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies
Serenade(noun)
a piece of music suitable to be performed at such times
Serenade(verb)
to entertain with a serenade
Serenade(verb)
to perform a serenade
Freebase
Serenade
In music, a serenade is a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone's honor. Serenades are typically calm, light music. The word Serenade is derived from the Italian word sereno, which means calm.
Translations for serenade
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
serenade(noun)
a piece of music played or sung in the open air at night.
- serenadeAfrikaans
- سيريناد: موسيقى تُعْزَفُ او تُغَنّى ليلاArabic
- серенадаBulgarian
- serenataPortuguese (BR)
- serenádaCzech
- die NachtmusikGerman
- serenadeDanish
- σερενάτα, καντάδαGreek
- serenataSpanish
- serenaadEstonian
- آواز عاشقانه شبانهFarsi
- serenadiFinnish
- sérénadeFrench
- סֵרֵנָדָהHebrew
- प्रेम संगीतHindi
- serenada, podoknicaCroatian
- szerenádHungarian
- serenadeIndonesian
- serenaða, næturljóðIcelandic
- serenataItalian
- セレナーデJapanese
- 소야곡Korean
- serenadaLithuanian
- serenādeLatvian
- senandungMalay
- serenadeDutch
- serenadeNorwegian
- serenadaPolish
- آواز عاشقانه شبانهPersian
- عشقي بدلى ياساز (چې دشپې له خوا معمولا دمعشوقې كورته ورڅېرمه په تيره تر كړكۍ لاندې ويل كيږيPashto
- serenataPortuguese
- serenadăRomanian
- серенадаRussian
- serenádaSlovak
- serenadaSlovenian
- serenadaSerbian
- serenadSwedish
- เพลงหรือดนตรีที่ร้องตอนกลางคืนนอกบ้านของคนที่เรารักThai
- serenat (müziği)Turkish
- 小夜曲Chinese (Trad.)
- серенадаUkrainian
- رات کا ایک رومانی گاناUrdu
- dạ khúcVietnamese
- 小夜曲Chinese (Simp.)
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