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Serenade

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd

Definitions

  1. A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
  2. An instrumental composition in several movements.

Equivalents

20 more languages
العربيةغن
Češtinaserenáda
Ελληνικάκαντάδα
Italianoserenata
한국어세레나데
Latinaoccento
Македонскисеренада
Nederlandsserenade
Polskiserenada
Portuguêsserenata
Românăserenadă
Русскийсеренада
Tagalogharana
Türkçeserenat
Українськасеренада

Examples

From me to thee glad serenades, / Dances for thee I propose saluting thee, adornments and feastings for thee, / And the sights of the open landscape and the high-spread sky are fitting, / And life and the fields, and the huge and thoughtful night.”
“A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade / Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
““Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.”

CEFR level

C2
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