serotine
See also: sérotine
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹətaɪn/, /-tɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/, /-ˌtin/, /-ˌtaɪn/
- Hyphenation: ser‧o‧tine
Etymology 1
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).[1][2]
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”):[1][3] see etymology 1.
Related terms
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References
- “serotine, adj. and n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “serotine, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “serotine, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “serotine, adj. (and n.2)”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
Further reading
- serotine bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- serotiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “serotine, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Eptesicus serotinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Latin
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