serra

See also: Serra and serrá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Noun

serra f (plural serres)

  1. saw (tool)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Pronunciation

Noun

serra f (plural serres)

  1. saw (tool)
  2. sierra, mountain range

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.ʁa/

Verb

serra

  1. third-person singular past historic of serrer

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Noun

serra f (plural serras)

  1. saw (tool)

Italian

Etymology

From serrare.

Noun

serra f (plural serre)

  1. greenhouse, glasshouse

Verb

serra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of serrare
  2. second-person singular imperative of serrare

Latin

trēs serrae (three saws)

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from an e-grade derivative from Proto-Indo-European *sers- (“to cut off”), from which he also notes Schrijver's derivation of sarrio from a zero-grade of such a root.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ra/, [ˈsɛr.ra]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

serra f (genitive serrae); first declension

  1. a saw (tool)
  2. a kind of sawfish
  3. (military) a serrated battle order

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative serra serrae
genitive serrae serrārum
dative serrae serrīs
accusative serram serrās
ablative serrā serrīs
vocative serra serrae
  • serrābilis
  • serrāgo
  • serrātim
  • serrātōrius

Descendants

References

  • serra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • serra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • serra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • serra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • serra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • serra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 558

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese serra, from Latin serra.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ser‧ra

Noun

serra f (plural serras)

  1. saw (tool)
  2. chain (of mountains)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛʐ.ʐa/
  • Hyphenation: sèr‧ra

Noun

serra f (plural serri)

  1. saw

Derived terms

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