serenade
noun
- musical form
verb
- to entertain (a lover) with musical performance given at night in open air
- perform a vocal accompaniment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”), of uncertain origin (see there).
- A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
“From me to thee glad serenades, / Dances for thee I propose saluting thee, adornments and feastings for thee, / And the sights of the open landscape and the high-spread sky are fitting, / And life and the fields, and the huge and thoughtful night.”
“A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade / Laying everybody low with a love song that he made”
- An instrumental composition in several movements.
““Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”), of uncertain origin (see there).
- To sing or play a serenade for (someone).
“The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.”
- To woo someone.