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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: sérénade, from Italian serenata, from sereno 'clear, calm', from Latin serenus; SERENE

serenade

1 noun
     
Related topics: Music
ser‧e‧nade1 [countable]
1APM a song sung to someone, especially one that a man performs for the woman he loves while standing below her window at night
2APM a piece of gentle music
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