certitude

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

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

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.

• certainty (more common)

• certain
• sure

• rectitude

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.

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/

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

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certitude

• assurance

• doute
• incertitude

• “certitude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• rectitude

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

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certainty (quality of being certain)

• French: certitude