Meanings
serotine1
serotine2
comparative more serotine · superlative most serotine
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDeveloping at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.
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nouncommon brown bat of Europe
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Origin
serotine · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-“lasting; long”
- Latinsērōtina
- Frenchsérotine
- Englishserotine
Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).
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Full word history & related roots →serotine · adjective
- Latinsērōtinus“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”
- Englishserotine
Borrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”): see etymology 1.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian полунощен прилеп
- полунощен прилеп (polunošten prilep)any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
Estonian hilis-nahkhiir
- hilis-nahkhiirany of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
Finnish serotiini, myöhäinen
- serotiiniany of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
- myöhäinendeveloping at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season
- myöhään kukkivadeveloping at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season
- myöhään kehittyvädeveloping at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season
French sérotine, sérotinal
- sérotineany of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
- sérotinaldeveloping at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; of a plant: flowering late in a season
Hungarian késeidenevér
- késeidenevérany of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
Russian кожа́н
- кожа́н (kožán)any of several small bats of the genus Eptesicus
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Cite this entry
serotine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serotine
“serotine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serotine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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