Definition of: serenade

(ser′ə·nād′) noun
1. An evening song, usually that of a lover beneath his lady's window; also, by extension, music performed in honor of some person in front of his residence in the open air at night.
2. The music for such a song.
—v.t. & v.i. ·nad·ed. ·nad·ing To entertain with a serenade. [<F sérénade <Ital. serenata <sereno serene, open air <L serenus clear, serene; infl. in meaning by L sera (hora) the evening (hour), fem, of serus late]
—ser′·e·nad′er noun