serra

See also: Serra, serrá, and serrà

English

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Noun

serra (plural serrae)

1. A saw, or saw-like part.

Anagrams

• Sarre, rares, rears

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sierra
• xerra

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsera/, [ˈse.ra]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: se‧rra

Noun

serra f (plural serres)

1. saw (tool)

Related terms

• serrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛ.ra]
• Homophone: cerra

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan serra, from Latin serra.

Noun

serra f (plural serres)

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

Derived terms

• motoserra
• serra circular
• serra corona
• serra d'arc
• serra d'arquet
• serra de cinta
• serra de marqueteria
• serra de vogir
• serra radial
• serral
• xerrac

 

Related terms

• serrar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serra

1. inflection of serrar (“to saw”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serra

1. inflection of serrar (“to squeeze; to clench”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “serra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “serra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “serra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “serra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Corsican

Alternative forms

• sarra, serrale, sarrale

Etymology

From Latin serra (“saw”), from Proto-Italic *serzā, from Proto-Indo-European *sers- (“to cut off”). Cognates include Portuguese serra and Spanish sierra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrːa/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ra

Noun

serra f (plural serre)

1. (geography) sierra, mountain range

References

• “serra, serrale, sarra, sarrale” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.ʁa/ ~ /se.ʁa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

serra

1. third-person singular past historic of serrer

Anagrams

• erras, rares, raser, Sarre

Galician

Serra do Xurés or do Gerês, in between Galicia and Portugal

Serra da Lastra

Serra do Courel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛra/ [ˈs̺ɛ.rɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: se‧rra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese serra, from Latin serra. Cognate with Portuguese serra and Spanish sierra.

Noun

serra f (plural serras)

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

   Synonym: cordal

3. (geography) highland

Derived terms

• Serra
• serro
• serrón

 

Related terms

• serradoiro
• serrar

Etymology 2

From Latin sera.

Noun

serra f (plural serras)

1. bolt; bar for fastening doors

   Synonyms: ferrollo, tranca

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “serra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “serra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “serra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “serra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “serra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

From serrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛrra
• Hyphenation: sèr‧ra

Noun

serra f (plural serre)

1. greenhouse, glasshouse

Related terms

• effetto serra

Descendants

• → Turkish: sera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serra

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

Further reading

• serra in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• serra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• serra in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• serra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese serra.

Noun

serra

1. wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

trēs serrae (three saws)

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *serzā, from Proto-Indo-European *sers-eh₂, from *sers- (“to cut off”), from which he also notes Schrijver's derivation of sarrio from a zero-grade of such a root.

Compare, however, Proto-Celtic *serrā (“sickle, scythe; billhook”), with a different etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ra/, [ˈs̠ɛrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ra/, [ˈsɛrːä]

Noun

serra f (genitive serrae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	serra	serrae
genitive	serrae	serrārum
dative	serrae	serrīs
accusative	serram	serrās
ablative	serrā	serrīs
vocative	serra	serrae

Related terms

• serrābilis
• serrāgo
• serrātim
• serrātōrius
• serrātūra
• serrātus
• serrō
• serrula

 

Descendants

• Albanian: sharrë (disputed)
• Aromanian: sharã
• Asturian: serra
• Basque: zerra
• Catalan: serra
• Galician: serra
• Occitan: sèrra
• Portuguese: serra
• Sardinian: sera
• Sicilian: serra
• Spanish: sierra
  • → English: sierra

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian serra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.ra/

Noun

serra f

1. red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˈsɛ.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁa/ [ˈsɛ.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ʁɐ/

• Homophone: cerra
• Hyphenation: ser‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese serra, from Latin serra.

Noun

serra f (plural serras)

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

Related terms

• serrar
• serrote

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serra

1. inflection of serrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “serra”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “serra”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “serra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “serra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “serra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “serra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

serra f (plural serri)

1. saw
2. chain (of mountains)

Derived terms

• sirrari
• sirratu
• sirratura
• sirràculu