cernir
Portuguese, verb/seʁˈni(ʁ)/
cernir is spelled C-E-R-N-I-R (6 letters). Cernir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to waddle; to wiggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peneirar”.
What does cernir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waddle; to wiggle
- 2
to sift
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. peneirar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cernir
- cirno first-person present singular
- cerne present singular third-person
- cerni first-person preterite singular
- cernido participle past
- i-e alternation
- cernires infinitive second-person singular
- cernirmos first-person infinitive plural
- cernirdes infinitive plural second-person
- cernirem infinitive plural third-person
- cernindo gerund
- cernidos masculine participle past
- cernida feminine participle past
- cernidas feminine participle past
- cernes indicative present second-person
- cernimos first-person indicative plural
- cernis indicative plural present
- cernem indicative plural present
- cernia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cernir?
- Brazil /seʁˈni(ʁ)/
- Brazil [seɦˈni(h)]
- /seɾˈni(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.