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serotine en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /-ˌtaɪn/ (General-American)
• /-ˌtin/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-tɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).

Meanings

1. Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.

Forms

Deriveds

Cape serotine · Zulu serotine · white-winged serotine · little black serotine · tiny serotine · Roberts's serotine · Chiriquinan serotine · Taddei's serotine · meridional serotine · Stanley's serotine · Somali serotine · East African serotine · banana serotine · Malagasy serotine · Isalo serotine · Rendall's serotine

Translations (6)

hu késeidenevér (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus) · et hilis-nahkhiir (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus) · bg полунощен прилеп (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus) · ru кожа́н (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus) · fi serotiini (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus) · fr sérotine (any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus)

serotine en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /-ˌtaɪn/ (General-American)
• /-ˌtin/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-tɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”): see etymology 1.

Meanings

1. Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.

Forms

Relateds

serotiny

Synonyms

serotinal · serotinous

Translations (5)

fi myöhään kukkiva (developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season) · fi myöhäinen (developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season) · fi myöhään kehittyvä (developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season) · gl serodio (developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season) · fr sérotinal (developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season)