serra
English
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan serra, from Latin serra.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
serra
- inflection of serrar (“to saw”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
serra
- inflection of serrar (“to squeeze; to clench”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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
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
References
- “serra, serrale, sarra, sarrale” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ.ʁa/, /se.ʁa/
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Galician



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)
Related terms
- serradoiro
- serrar
References
- “serra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “serra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “serra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “serra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “serra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology 1
From serrare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛrra
- Hyphenation: sèr‧ra
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: sera
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
serra
- inflection of serrare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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.
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Latin

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.[1]
Compare, however, Proto-Celtic *serrā (“sickle, scythe; billhook”), with a different etymology.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ra/, [ˈs̠ɛrːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.ra/, [ˈsɛrːä]
Noun
serra f (genitive serrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | serra | serrae |
Genitive | serrae | serrārum |
Dative | serrae | serrīs |
Accusative | serram | serrās |
Ablative | serrā | serrīs |
Vocative | serra | serrae |
Descendants
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
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “serra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.ra/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
serra
- inflection of serrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “serra” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “serra” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “serra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “serra” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “serra” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “serra” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛʐ.ʐa/
- Hyphenation: sèr‧ra
Derived terms
- sirrari
- sirratu
- sirratura
- sirràculu