cerne

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁn/

Noun

cerne m (plural cernes)

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

Verb

cerne

1. first-person singular present indicative of cerner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cerner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cerner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cerner
5. second-person singular imperative of cerner

Further reading

• “cerne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• encre, encré

Verb

cerne

1. third-person singular present indicative of cernere

Verb

cerne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cernō

Noun

cerne m (plural cernes)

1. heartwood (wood nearer the heart of a stem)
2. kernel (core or essence of an object or system)

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to sift
2. to discern
3. to screen, sort