cerné
French, adjective
cerné is spelled C-E-R-N-É (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerné is a French adjective meaning “having dark circles around one's eyes (due to fatigue and etc...)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of cerner. Without its accent, cerne is a different word: “dark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie des yeux battus, entourés d'un cercle livide”.
What does cerné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having dark circles around one's eyes (due to fatigue and etc...)
verb
- 1
past participle of cerner
noun
- 1
femininemasculineproscribeddark bluish coloration around the eyes, periorbital dark circle
- 2
femininemasculineproscribeddark circle around a lesion
- 3
femininemasculineproscribedtree ring
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cercle sombre qui se forme autour de l’œil. 2. Cercle livide autour d’une plaie. 3. Un des cercles concentriques d’un tronc d’arbre, coupé en travers. 4. Trait délimitant une forme dans un dessin ou une peinture.
adjective: 1. Qualifie des yeux battus, entourés d'un cercle livide.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cerné
- cernée feminine
- cernés masculine plural
- cernées feminine plural
- cernes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cerné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cerné in French?
cerné appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).