discerner
English
Noun
discerner (plural discerners)
- One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, or judges.
- a discerner of truth, of right and wrong
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
- A great observer and discerner of men's natures.
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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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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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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See also
Further reading
- “discerner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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