serin
French, noun/sə.ʁɛ̃/
serin is spelled S-E-R-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serin is a French masculine noun meaning “bird of the genus Serinus, canary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de petit oiseau passereau à bec conique, au plumage ordinairement jaune, auquel on apprend à siffler…”.
What does serin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebird of the genus Serinus, canary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de petit oiseau passereau à bec conique, au plumage ordinairement jaune, auquel on apprend à siffler, à chanter des airs. 2. Quelqu’un qui est niais.
adjective: 1. Jaune évoquant la couleur du plumage du serin. 2. Niais.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of serin
- serins plural
- serine feminine
- serines plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serin?
- /sə.ʁɛ̃/
- \sə.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serin in French?
serin appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).