# sera
## English
### Noun

sera
* 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

## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* sara

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cerrar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈɾa/ [seˈɾa]
* Hyphenation: se‧ra

### Verb

será (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍ)
* to lock, to latch
    Synonym: barat
* to close, to shut
    Synonym: pinto
    Antonyms: bukas, buka, abri

#### Derived terms

* magsera
* mansera
* maserahan
* serahan
* serahon

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛra]
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Hyphenation: se‧ra

### Verb

sera
* masculine singular present transgressive of srát

#### Related terms

* serouc

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sera
* plural of serum

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sə.ʁa/, /sʁa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a

### Verb

sera
* 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”).
Compare Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira and French soir m.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -era
* Hyphenation: sé‧ra

### Noun

sera f (plural sere)
* evening

#### Related terms

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

### See also

* aurora
* alba
* mattino ~ mattina
* mezzogiorno
* pomeriggio
* tramonto
* crepuscolo
* sera
* notte
* mezzanotte

### Anagrams

* Ares, arse, rase, resa

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From serō (“to bind”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈse.ra/, [ˈs̠ɛrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ra/, [ˈsɛːrä]

#### Noun

sera f (genitive serae); first declension
* a bar or bolt for fastening doors
** 16 BCE, Ovid, The Loves 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 MarloweWhat 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.

##### Derived terms

* serō

##### Descendants

* Dalmatian: saira
* Galician: serra
* French: serrer
* >? Italian: saracinesca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈseː.ra/, [ˈs̠eːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ra/, [ˈsɛːrä]

#### Adjective

sēra
* inflection of sērus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative neuter plural

#### Adjective

sērā
* 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’s 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
* 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: /ˈsɛra/

### Noun

sera f
* colostrum, beestings

#### 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
* enemy

## Old Norse
### Verb

sera
* first-person singular past indicative/subjunctive active of sá

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: se‧ra

### Noun

sera m inan
* genitive singular of ser

## Romansch
### 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)
* (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, Romansch saira.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsera/

### Noun

sera f (plural seras)
* evening

## Sotho
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sera class 7/8 (plural dira)
* enemy

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### 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)
* policy (plan or course of action)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

#### Noun

sera class IX (plural sera class X)
* 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])
* beeswax

## Tswana
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sera class 7 (plural dira)
* enemy

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed either from French serre or Italian serra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.ɾa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: se‧ra

### Noun

sera (definite accusative serayı, plural seralar)
* greenhouse

#### Declension

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)
* greenhouse