serea
Meaning
siren, mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈɾe.a̝/
Etymology
Attested circa 1300 (serea). From Old Galician-Portuguese *serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Cognate with Portuguese sereia and Spanish sirena.
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