serata Italian · revision 38120

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /seˈra.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''serata''' ''f'' (plural serate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|sera|-ata|t1=evening]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary) Körting reconstructs [[la-vul|*sērāta]], the source of [[fr|soirée]].^(Körting 1907) The sense “evening party” follows the French word, recorded with this meaning in 1636.^(GDLI)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Zingarelli dates the word to 1499.^(Zingarelli 2010) DELI's first record is Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography, written before 1571: “I went on with these same difficulties for several evenings” (''parecchi serate'').^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 18th century writers used it for evenings spent in company: Parini recalls “charming evenings” with a witty girl, and Leopardi fears being bored “the whole evening” in society.^(GDLI) The sense “party or reception held in the evening” is recorded in the Milanese press in 1832.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo accepted ''serate'' as a title for de Maistre's ''Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg'' but not ''serata danzante'' for a dance.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In the theatre a ''serata'' was a performance given for the benefit of an actor or singer, also called ''serata d'onore''; the actor so honoured was the ''seratante'', a word recorded in 1877.^(Prati 1951|910) Television divides the evening into ''prima serata'', roughly 8.30 to 10.30 pm, and ''seconda serata'', after that.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1499 – Zingarelli's date of first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1571 – Benvenuto Cellini uses ''serate'' in his autobiography.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1832 – The sense “evening party” appears in the Milanese press.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1877 – ''Seratante'', the beneficiary of a benefit night, is recorded.^(Prati 1951|910)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|evening]], with regard to its weather or length: ''Era una serata limpida e fresca.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The evening as a time one spends in some way: ''Abbiamo passato la serata a giocare a carte.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A party, reception or show held in the evening: ''serata di gala''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(television)'' Each of the evening time slots: ''prima serata'', ''seconda serata''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(theatre, historical)'' A [[m|en|benefit]] performance for an actor: ''serata d'onore''.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Prati 1951|910)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[serataccia]]

+ * [[seratante]]

+ * [[seratina]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sera]]

+ * [[mattinata]]

+ * [[giornata]]

+ * [[fr|soirée]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''In serata'' means “in the course of the evening, later today”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}