cerne

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛʁn/ Rhymes: -ɛʁn Hyphenation: cerne === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin circinus (“pair of compasses”). Compare Romanian cearcăn. ==== Noun ==== cerne m or (proscribed) f (plural cernes) dark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle dark circle around a lesion tree ring ===== Usage notes ===== This noun is often incorrectly considered as feminine. ===== Related terms ===== cerner === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cerne inflection of cerner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cerne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cerné, crène, créné, encre, encré, Nècre == Galician == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾne Hyphenation: cer‧ne === Noun === cerne m (plural cernes) nonstandard form of cerna (“heartwood; core, kernel”) === Adjective === cerne m or f (plural cernes) nonstandard form of cerno (“steady, firm, upright; hard”) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cerne”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cerne”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerne”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cerne”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Italian == === Verb === cerne third-person singular present indicative of cernere == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.ne] Hyphenation: cer‧ne === Verb === cerne second-person singular present active imperative of cernō === Noun === cerne vocative singular of cernos == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛʁni, (Portugal) -ɛɾnɨ Homophone: CERN Hyphenation: cer‧ne === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. ==== Noun ==== cerne m (plural cernes) heartwood (wood nearer the heart of a stem) Synonyms: durame, (dialectal) teio kernel (core or essence of an object or system) (figurative) main (the most important part of something) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cerne inflection of cernir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cerne”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cerne”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cernere, from Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ne/ Rhymes: -erne Hyphenation: cer‧ne === Verb === a cerne (third-person singular present cerne, past participle cernut, third-person subjunctive cearnă) 3rd conjugation to sift to discern Synonym: distinge to screen, sort ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cernător cernere cernut === Further reading === “cerne”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin circen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθeɾne/ [ˈθeɾ.ne] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈseɾne/ [ˈseɾ.ne] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾne Syllabification: cer‧ne === Adjective === cerne m or f (masculine and feminine plural cernes) hard (wood) === Further reading === “cerne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025