serafim

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾaˈfĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɐˈfĩ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Homophone: Serafim
• Hyphenation: se‧ra‧fim

Noun

serafim m (plural serafins)

1. (biblical) seraph (highest order of angels)

Related terms

• seráfico

 

Further reading

• “serafim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “serafim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic серафимъ (serafimŭ), from Koine Greek Σεραφείμ (Serapheím).

Noun

serafim m (plural serafimi)

1. seraph

Declension

Declension of serafim

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) serafim	serafimul	(niște) serafimi	serafimii
genitive/dative	(unui) serafim	serafimului	(unor) serafimi	serafimilor
vocative	serafimule		serafimilor