Etymology

seraphine

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Today it means: An early wind instrument with a keyboard, resembling a cross between a reed organ and an accordion, which makes its sound by the action of air being blown across metallic reeds. Full definition →

French Séraphine
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromSéraphine
  2. English todaySeraphine

Anglicized spelling of French Séraphine.

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