cernere

Meaning

  1. (literary, transitive) to separate, to distinguish
  2. (literary, transitive) to choose
  3. (literary, transitive) to sift, to screen out

Hyphenated as
cèr‧ne‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɛr.ne.re/
Etymology

From Latin cernere, from Proto-Italic *krinō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

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