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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.
   Synonyms: (more common) certainty, surety
   I have absolute certitude about that.
2. (countable) Something that is a certainty.
   Synonyms: (more common) certainty, cert; see also Thesaurus:sure thing
   Taxes are obviously certitudes.

• certain
• sure

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 (es) f

• Walloon: acertinance (wa) f

• rectitude

From Middle French certitude, borrowed from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus (“sure”).

• IPA(key): /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/
• Homophone: certitudes
• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧tude

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certitude
   Synonym: assurance
   Antonyms: doute, incertitude

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

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

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certainty (quality of being certain)

• French: certitude