serenity

See also: Serenity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sérénité, from Latin serenitas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

serenity (countable and uncountable, plural serenities)

The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
A lack of agitation or disturbance.
A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.

Synonyms

title

Serene Highness

Related terms

serene

Translations

state

Arabic: سَكِينَة اَلرُّوح‎ f (sakīnat ar-rūḥ), صَفَاء‎ f (ṣafāʾ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寧靜 (zh), 宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜 (zh), 平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳 (zh), 安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧 (zh), 安宁 (zh) (ānníng)
Czech: klid (cs) m, zklidnění 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)
Malayalam: ആനന്ദം (ml) (ānandaṃ)
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)
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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 寧靜 (zh), 宁静 (zh) (níngjìng), 平靜 (zh), 平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 安詳 (zh), 安详 (zh) (ānxiáng), 安寧 (zh), 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) (śāntaṃ)
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

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
Russian: све́тлость (ru) f (svétlostʹ)
Spanish: excelencia (es) m
Swedish: Durchlaucht (of German princes)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} sérénité (fr) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} serenità (it) f

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} spokoj (sh)