Meanings
serenity1
plural serenities
- countableuncountableThe state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
1987, Greg Costikyan, “The Jedi Code”, in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, page 69, line 31 more example
Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193 - countableuncountableA lack of agitation or disturbance.
Serenity2
- A female given name from English in general use since the 1990s.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna disposition free from stress or emotion
nounthe absence of mental stress or anxiety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinserēnitās
- Old Frenchserenité
- Middle Englishserenyte
- Englishserenity
From Middle English serenyte, from Old French serenité, from Latin serēnitās, equivalent to serene + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَكِينَة اَلرُّوح, صَفَاء
- سَكِينَة اَلرُّوح (sakīnat ar-rūḥ)state
- صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ)state
Bulgarian ведрина, безоблачност
- ведрина (vedrina)state
- безоблачност (bezoblačnost)state
- споко́йствие (spokójstvie)lack of agitation
- Светлост (Svetlost)title given to a prince or other dignitary
Chinese Mandarin 寧靜 /宁静, 平靜 /平静
- 寧靜 /宁静 (níngjìng)state
- 平靜 /平静 (píngjìng)state
- 安詳 /安详 (ānxiáng)state
- 安寧 /安宁 (ānníng)state
- 寧靜 /宁静 (níngjìng)lack of agitation
- 平靜 /平静 (píngjìng)lack of agitation
- 安詳 /安详 (ānxiáng)lack of agitation
- 安寧 /安宁 (ānníng)lack of agitation
- 尊貴的閣下 /尊贵的阁下 (zūnguì de géxià)title given to a prince or other dignitary
Czech klid, zklidnění
- klidstate
- zklidněnístate
- poklidstate
- klidlack of agitation
- útlumlack of agitation
Dutch sereniteit
- sereniteitstate
Finnish tyyneys, tyyneys
- tyyneysstate
- tyyneyslack of agitation
- kunnianarvoisuustitle given to a prince or other dignitary
French sérénité
- sérénitéstate
German Gelassenheit, Gleichmut
- Gelassenheitstate
- Gleichmutstate
- Klarheitstate
- Heiterkeitstate
- Abgeklärtheitstate
- Ausgeglichenheitstate
- Ruhelack of agitation
- Durchlauchttitle given to a prince or other dignitary
Greek γαλήνη, ηρεμία
- γαλήνη (galíni)state
- ηρεμία (iremía)lack of agitation
- γαληνότατος (galinótatos)title given to a prince or other dignitary
Hebrew רֹגַע
- רֹגַע (róga')state
Hindi शांति
- शांति (śānti)state
Hungarian derű, derültség
- derűstate
- derültségstate
- nyugalomlack of agitation
- higgadtságlack of agitation
- őfenségetitle given to a prince or other dignitary
Indonesian ketenteraman, ketenteraman
- ketenteramanstate
- ketenteramanlack of agitation
Italian serenità
- serenitàstate
Japanese 平静, セレニティ
- 平静 (heisei)state
- セレニティ (sereniti)state
- 平静 (heisei)lack of agitation
- セレニティ (sereniti)lack of agitation
Latin serēnitās, serẽnitãs
- serēnitāsstate
- serẽnitãslack of agitation
Māori mahurutanga, māriritanga
- mahurutangastate
- māriritangastate
Polish spokój
- spokójstate
Portuguese serenidade, serenidade
- serenidadestate
- serenidadelack of agitation
Romanian seninătate, liniște
- seninătatestate
- liniștestate
Russian безмяте́жность, споко́йствие
- безмяте́жность (bezmjatéžnostʹ)state
- споко́йствие (spokójstvije)lack of agitation
- све́тлость (svétlostʹ)title given to a prince or other dignitary
Spanish sosiego, tranquilidad
- sosiegostate
- tranquilidadstate
- serenidadstate
- sosiegolack of agitation
- tranquilidadlack of agitation
- excelenciatitle given to a prince or other dignitary
Swedish lugn, stillhet
- lugnstate
- stillhetstate
- rostate
- fridstate
- sinnesrostate
- lugnlack of agitation
- Durchlauchttitle given to a prince or other dignitary
Tagalog katahimikan
- katahimikanlack of agitation
Cite this entry
serenity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serenity
“serenity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serenity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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