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cerne.

dark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛʁn/
  1. dark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle

    feminine · masculine · proscribed
  2. dark circle around a lesion

    feminine · masculine · proscribed
  3. tree ring

    feminine · masculine · proscribed
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin circinus (“pair of compasses”). Compare Romanian cearcăn.

verb/sɛʁn/
  1. inflection of cerner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of cerner: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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