serin

Etymology

Borrowed from French serin.

Noun

serin (plural serins)

1. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, Siren, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, siren

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from an early language of southern France (compare Old Occitan cerena (“hunting-bird”)), from Latin sirena, from Latin siren (“Siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Doublet of sirène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃/
• Homophones: serein, sereins, serins

Noun

serin m (plural serins)

1. bird of the species serinus, canary

Further reading

• “serin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• reins

Noun

serin n

1. (biochemistry) serine

Etymology

From Old Turkic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾin/

Adjective

serin (comparative daha serin, superlative en serin)

1. cool (mildly or pleasantly cold)

See also

• soğuk
• ılık
• sıcak