cerner

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin circināre, present active infinitive of circinō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.ne/

Verb

cerner

  1. (transitive) to surround
    Synonym: entourer
    Les gendarmes cernèrent la maison où il s’était réfugié.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to figure out
    Synonyms: appréhender, saisir

Conjugation
Conjugation of cerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle cernant
/sɛʁ.nɑ̃/
past participle cerné
/sɛʁ.ne/
infinitive
simple cerner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple cernant
/sɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cerne
/sɛʁn/		 cernes
/sɛʁn/		 cerne
/sɛʁn/		 cernons
/sɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 cernez
/sɛʁ.ne/		 cernent
/sɛʁn/
imperfect cernais
/sɛʁ.nɛ/		 cernais
/sɛʁ.nɛ/		 cernait
/sɛʁ.nɛ/		 cernions
/sɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 cerniez
/sɛʁ.nje/		 cernaient
/sɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 cernai
/sɛʁ.ne/		 cernas
/sɛʁ.na/		 cerna
/sɛʁ.na/		 cernâmes
/sɛʁ.nam/		 cernâtes
/sɛʁ.nat/		 cernèrent
/sɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future cernerai
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 cerneras
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 cernera
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 cernerons
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 cernerez
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 cerneront
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cernerais
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 cernerais
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 cernerait
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 cernerions
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cerneriez
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/		 cerneraient
/sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cerne
/sɛʁn/		 cernes
/sɛʁn/		 cerne
/sɛʁn/		 cernions
/sɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 cerniez
/sɛʁ.nje/		 cernent
/sɛʁn/
imperfect2 cernasse
/sɛʁ.nas/		 cernasses
/sɛʁ.nas/		 cernât
/sɛʁ.na/		 cernassions
/sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 cernassiez
/sɛʁ.na.sje/		 cernassent
/sɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cerne
/sɛʁn/		 — cernons
/sɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 cernez
/sɛʁ.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θerˈneɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /serˈneɾ/

Verb

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

  1. to sift
  2. to blossom
  3. to circle; to hover

Conjugation
  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of cerner (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive cerner
gerund cerniendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular cernido cernida
plural cernidos cernidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cierno ciernestú
cernésvos		 cierne cernemos cernéis ciernen
imperfect cernía cernías cernía cerníamos cerníais cernían
preterite cerní cerniste cernió cernimos cernisteis cernieron
future cerneré cernerás cernerá cerneremos cerneréis cernerán
conditional cernería cernerías cernería cerneríamos cerneríais cernerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cierna ciernas cierna cernamos cernáis ciernan
imperfect
(ra)		 cerniera cernieras cerniera cerniéramos cernierais cernieran
imperfect
(se)		 cerniese cernieses cerniese cerniésemos cernieseis cerniesen
future1 cerniere cernieres cerniere cerniéremos cerniereis cernieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative ciernetú
cernévos		 cierna cernamos cerned ciernan
negative no ciernas no cierna no cernamos no cernáis no ciernan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-er_(conjugation_e-ie)' title='Category:Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)'>Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)</a>
        Selected combined forms of cerneredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive cerner
    dative cernerme cernerte cernerle, cernerse cernernos cerneros cernerles, cernerse
    accusative cernerme cernerte cernerlo, cernerla, cernerse cernernos cerneros cernerlos, cernerlas, cernerse
    with gerund cerniendo
    dative cerniéndome cerniéndote cerniéndole, cerniéndose cerniéndonos cerniéndoos cerniéndoles, cerniéndose
    accusative cerniéndome cerniéndote cerniéndolo, cerniéndola, cerniéndose cerniéndonos cerniéndoos cerniéndolos, cerniéndolas, cerniéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative cierne
    dative ciérneme ciérnete ciérnele ciérnenos not used ciérneles
    accusative ciérneme ciérnete ciérnelo, ciérnela ciérnenos not used ciérnelos, ciérnelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative cierna
    dative ciérname not used ciérnale, ciérnase ciérnanos not used ciérnales
    accusative ciérname not used ciérnalo, ciérnala, ciérnase ciérnanos not used ciérnalos, ciérnalas
    with first-person plural imperative cernamos
    dative not used cernámoste cernámosle cernámonos cernámoos cernámosles
    accusative not used cernámoste cernámoslo, cernámosla cernámonos cernámoos cernámoslos, cernámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative cerned
    dative cernedme not used cernedle cernednos cerneos cernedles
    accusative cernedme not used cernedlo, cernedla cernednos cerneos cernedlos, cernedlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative ciernan
    dative ciérnanme not used ciérnanle ciérnannos not used ciérnanles, ciérnanse
    accusative ciérnanme not used ciérnanlo, ciérnanla ciérnannos not used ciérnanlos, ciérnanlas, ciérnanse

    Synonyms
    • (to sift): peñerar (Asturias)
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.