cerne

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See also: cerné and černé

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French [Term?], inherited from Latin circinus (pair of compasses); compare Romanian cearcăn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɛʁn/
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Noun

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cerne m (plural cernes)

  1. dark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle
  2. dark circle around a lesion
  3. tree ring

Usage notes

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This noun is often incorrectly considered as feminine.

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Verb

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cerne

  1. inflection of cerner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛɾne̝/, (western) /ˈsɛɾne̝/

Noun

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cerne m (plural cernes)

  1. Nonstandard form of cerna (heartwood; core, kernel).

Adjective

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cerne m or f (plural cernes)

  1. Nonstandard form of cerno (steady, firm, upright; hard).

References

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Italian

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Verb

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cerne

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cernere

Latin

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Verb

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cerne

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cernō

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cerne m (plural cernes)

  1. heartwood (wood nearer the heart of a stem)
    Synonym: durame
  2. kernel (core or essence of an object or system)
  3. (figurative) main (the most important part of something)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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cerne

  1. inflection of cernir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cernere, present active infinitive of cernō, from Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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a cerne (third-person singular present cerne, past participle cernut) 3rd conj.

  1. to sift
  2. to discern
    Synonym: distinge
  3. to screen, sort

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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