cherne
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃɛʁ.ni/
cherne is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de peixes teleósteos da família dos Serranídeos”.
What does cherne mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinewreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar de peixes teleósteos da família dos Serranídeos 2. pardilho, peixe da espécie Polyprion americanus
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 cherne
- chernes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cherne?
- Brazil /ˈʃɛʁ.ni/
- Brazil [ˈʃɛɦ.ni]
- /ˈʃɛɾ.ni/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cherne in Portuguese?
cherne appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).