discern

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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɜːn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dəˈsøːn/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪˈsɝn/
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• Australian: /dɪˈsɜːn/
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• UK: /dɪˈzɜːn/
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• US: /dɪˈzɝn/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S ER1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to distinguish”); see certain.

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: съзирам (sǎziram) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Czech: všimnout si — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Czech: všímat si — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Czech: vnímat — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Czech: zpozorovat — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Czech: zaznamenat — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Finnish: huomata — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Finnish: havaita — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Finnish: nähdä — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• French: discerner — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Galician: albiscar — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Galician: aperceber — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: erkennen — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: wahrnehmen — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: bemerken — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: feststellen — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: merken — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• German: mitbekommen — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Italian: percepire — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Korean: 인지하다 (injihada) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Latin: dispicio — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Latin: dispecto — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Latin: prospicio — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skimta — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Polish: dostrzec — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Polish: dostrzegać — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Polish: zauważyć — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Polish: zauważać — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Portuguese: perceber — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Romanian: discerne — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Romanian: percepe — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Russian: распознава́ть (raspoznavátʹ) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Russian: распозна́ть (raspoznátʹ) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Russian: различа́ть (različátʹ) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Russian: различи́ть (različítʹ) — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Slovak: zbadať — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Slovak: všimnúť si — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Slovak: spozorovať — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Spanish: discernir — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Spanish: discerner — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Swedish: urskilja — to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes
• Bulgarian: забелязвам (zabeljazvam) — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Chinese Cantonese: 察覺 /察觉 (caat3 kok3) — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Czech: uvědomit si — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Czech: uvědomovat si — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Czech: pochopit — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Czech: chápat — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Finnish: havaita — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Galician: cousir — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Galician: decerner — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• German: erkennen — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• German: verstehen — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• German: herauslesen — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• German: wahrnehmen — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Greek: διακρίνω (diakríno) — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Latin: dispicio — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Latin: dispecto — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Portuguese: discernir — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Slovak: uvedomiť si — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Slovak: pochopiť — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Spanish: vislumbrar — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Spanish: discernir — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Spanish: discerner — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Swedish: urskilja — to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry
• Bengali: পৃথকীকরণ (prithkikron) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Bulgarian: разпознавам (razpoznavam) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Bulgarian: различавам (različavam) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Chinese Cantonese: 辨別 /辨别 — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Czech: odlišit — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Czech: rozeznat — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Czech: rozeznávat — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Czech: odlišovat — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Czech: rozlišovat — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Dutch: onderscheiden — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Finnish: erottaa — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Galician: decerner — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Galician: disterar — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Galician: acolumbrar — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Galician: diferenciar — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Galician: estremar — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• German: unterscheiden — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• German: den Unterschied erkennen zwischen — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Greek: διακρίνω (diakríno) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Korean: 식별하다 (sikbyeolhada) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Latin: dispicio — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Latin: dispecto — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Latin: internoscō — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Polish: rozróżniać — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Polish: rozróżnić — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Portuguese: discernir — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Portuguese: distinguir — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Portuguese: diferenciar — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Sanskrit: वेवेक्ति (vevekti) — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Slovak: rozoznať — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Slovak: rozlíšiť — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Spanish: discernir — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Spanish: discerner — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Swedish: skilja — to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate
• Bulgarian: различавам (različavam) — to perceive differences
• Czech: rozlišit — to perceive differences
• Czech: odlišovat — to perceive differences
• Czech: rozlišovat — to perceive differences
• German: unterscheiden — to perceive differences
• Latin: dispicio — to perceive differences
• Latin: dispecto — to perceive differences
• Portuguese: discernir — to perceive differences
• Slovak: odlíšiť — to perceive differences
• Slovak: postrehnúť — to perceive differences
• Spanish: discerner — to perceive differences
• Spanish: discernir — to perceive differences
• Swedish: se skillnad på — to perceive differences