- a singing or playing of music outdoors at night, esp. by a lover under the window of his sweetheart
- a piece of music suitable for this
- an instrumental composition somewhat like a suite
Origin of serenade
French sérénade from Italian serenata from sereno, serene, open air from Classical Latin serenus, clear, serene; meaning influenced, influence by associated, association with Classical Latin sera, evening from serus, latetransitive verb
intransitive verb
-·nad′ed, -·nad′ing to play or sing a serenade (to)
