sérotinal
\se.ʁɔ.ti.nal\
The verdict
“sérotinal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne la fin de la journée, de la soirée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-serotinal · sérotinal · French
sérotinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sérotinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.ʁɔ.ti.nal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sérotinal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.ʁɔ.ti.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sérotinal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sérotinal, spelled S-É-R-O-T-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne la fin de la journée, de la soirée.
- 2Qui concerne la fin de la saison chaude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sérotinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Messes matutinales, messes sérotinales.
Sérotinal est un néologisme que Rétif utilise volontiers ; il l’a forgé sur le latin serotinus (tardif). Des parties sérotinales sont donc des parties qui ont lieu tard dans la soirée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.