certitude

English

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝtət(j)ud/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːtɪtjuːd/

Noun

certitude (countable and uncountable, plural certitudes)

1. (uncountable) Sureness, certainty.

   I have absolute certitude about that.

2. (countable) Something that is a certainty.

   Taxes are obviously certitudes.

Synonyms

• certainty (more common)

Related terms

• certain
• sure

Translations

sureness, certainty

• Bulgarian: сигурност (bg) f (sigurnost), увереност (bg) f (uverenost)
• French: certitude (fr) f
• Greek: βεβαιότητα (el) f (vevaiótita), σιγουριά (el) f (sigouriá), πεποίθηση (el) f (pepoíthisi)
• Hebrew: ודאות f (vada'ut)
• Latin: certitūdō f
• Romanian: certitudine (ro) f, convingere (ro) f, siguranță (ro) f
• Spanish: certidumbre f
• Walloon: acertinance (wa) f

Anagrams

• rectitude

French

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, borrowed from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus (“sure”) + suffix -tudo for noun of state, evolved in -tude in contemporary French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Audio

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• Homophone: certitudes
• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧tude

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certitude

   Synonym: assurance

   Antonyms: doute, incertitude

Related terms

• certain

Further reading

• “certitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rectitude

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus (“sure”).

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certainty (quality of being certain)

Descendants

• French: certitude