serrer
French
verb
Definitions
- to tighten (a screw, a knot)
- to shake (hands)
- to squeeze
- (reflexive) to squeeze
- (pronominal) to shake (hands)
- (slang) to seduce; to flirt with
Etymology
Inherited from Old French serrer inherited from Latin serrāre, serāre (close, lock up), sera (bolt, cross-bar, crossbar, a bar, bar for fastening a door, bar).
Origin
Latin
sera
Gloss
bolt, cross-bar, crossbar, a bar, bar for fastening a door, bar
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- serry English
- *sericulum Latin
- *serrare Latin
- *serrāculum Latin
- *serrāre Latin
- inserāre Latin
- obsero Latin
- sera Latin
- serare Latin
- sero, serāre, serō Latin
- serrāre Latin
- serāre Latin
- desserrer French
- livre French
- resserrement French
- resserrer French
- serrage French
- serre-livres French
- serre-tête French
- serrement French
- serrure French
- serrurerie French
- serrurier French
- tête French
- cerrar Spanish, Castilian
- cierra Spanish, Castilian
- serrar Spanish, Castilian
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- cerrar Portuguese
- encerrar Portuguese
- serrer Old French
- cerrar Galician
- serrar Old Portuguese
- ressar Occitan
- sarar Romansh
- serrar Romansh
- sarar Venetian
- serar Venetian
- serur Dalmatian
- sere Haitian, Haitian Creole