noun, plural ser·e·na·tas, ser·e·na·te [ser-uh–nah-tey] /ˌsɛr əˈnɑ teɪ/. Music.
- a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- an instrumental composition in several movements, intermediate between the suite and the symphony.
noun
- an 18th-century cantata, often dramatic in form
- another word for serenade