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Italian
Etymology
From Latin secernō (“to distinguish, to discern”), related to Provençal eissernir.
Pronunciation
Verb
scèrnere (first-person singular present scèrno, first-person singular past historic scèrsi, past participle (rare) scernìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to see, notice or discern
Conjugation
- Some dictionaries (e.g. Treccani, Hoepli) list a past historic secernéi or secernétti/secernètti, but it appears not to exist.