discerner

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English

Etymology

From discern +‎ -er.

Noun

discerner (plural discerners)

  1. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, or judges.
    a discerner of truth, of right and wrong

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discernere, assimilated into the first conjugation group (regular -er suffixed verbs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.sɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

discerner

  1. to discern

Conjugation

Conjugation of discerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple discerner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple discernant
/di.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle discerné
/di.sɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present discerne
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discernes
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discerne
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discernons
/di.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ 		discernez
/di.sɛʁ.ne/ 		discernent
/di.sɛʁn/
imperfect discernais
/di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ 		discernais
/di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ 		discernait
/di.sɛʁ.nɛ/ 		discernions
/di.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ 		discerniez
/di.sɛʁ.nje/ 		discernaient
/di.sɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 discernai
/di.sɛʁ.ne/ 		discernas
/di.sɛʁ.na/ 		discerna
/di.sɛʁ.na/ 		discernâmes
/di.sɛʁ.nam/ 		discernâtes
/di.sɛʁ.nat/ 		discernèrent
/di.sɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future discernerai
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		discerneras
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		discernera
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		discernerons
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		discernerez
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		discerneront
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional discernerais
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		discernerais
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		discernerait
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		discernerions
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		discerneriez
/di.sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		discerneraient
/di.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 discerne
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discernes
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discerne
/di.sɛʁn/ 		discernions
/di.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ 		discerniez
/di.sɛʁ.nje/ 		discernent
/di.sɛʁn/
imperfect2 discernasse
/di.sɛʁ.nas/ 		discernasses
/di.sɛʁ.nas/ 		discernât
/di.sɛʁ.na/ 		discernassions
/di.sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		discernassiez
/di.sɛʁ.na.sje/ 		discernassent
/di.sɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — discerne
/di.sɛʁn/ 		— discernons
/di.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ 		discernez
/di.sɛʁ.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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