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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin circināre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.ne/
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cerner

  1. (transitive) to surround
    Synonym: entourer
    Les gendarmes cernèrent la maison où il s’était réfugié.
    The policemen surrounded the house in which he had been hiding.
    Il avait les yeux cernés de noir.
    He had dark circles around his eyes.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to figure out; to distinguish, identify the boundaries of
    Synonyms: appréhender, saisir
    La discussion a aidé à cerner le problème.
    The discussion helped to clarify the nature and scope of the problem.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cernere, cernō, from Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Doublet of cernir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈneɾ/ [θeɾˈneɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈneɾ/ [seɾˈneɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: cer‧ner

Verb

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cerner (first-person singular present cierno, first-person singular preterite cerní, past participle cernido)

  1. (transitive) to sift
    Synonym: (Asturias) peñerar
  2. (intransitive, botany) to blossom, bud
  3. (intransitive, pronominal) to circle; to hover
  4. to drizzle

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