serre
Asturian edit
Verb edit
serre
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈsɛː.rə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ser‧re
Noun edit
serre f (plural serres, diminutive serretje n)
- (Netherlands) conservatory room (greenhouse or winter garden, usually as part of a house)
- Synonym: tuinkamer
- (Belgium) greenhouse
- Synonym: broeikas
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sɛʁ/
- Homophones: serrent, serres, sers, sert (general), cerf, cerfs (most speakers), serf, serfs (few speakers)
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
serre f (plural serres)
- action of pressing something together; result of this action
- Dans la préparation du Champagne on appelle première serre, deuxième serre, etc., les produits successifs du pressurage […] . ― In the preparation of Champagne we call the first pressing, second pressing, etc., the successive products of pressing […]
- a tool serving to press one or more objects together
- Press or pinces allowing to press together the two parts of a mould together
- (in the plural) the clutches or talons of a raptor, or of a bird
- Tenir dans ses serres. ― To hold in its clutches.
- Closed space in which something (such as vegetables) is conserved
- a greenhouse, hothouse
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: sera
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
serre
- inflection of serrer:
Further reading edit
- “serre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
serre f
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ser‧re
Verb edit
serre
- inflection of serrar: