certainement
French, adverb/sɛʁ.tɛn.mɑ̃/
certainement is spelled C-E-R-T-A-I-N-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Certainement is a French adverb meaning “certainly (with certainty, without doubt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D'une manière certaine”.
What does certainement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
certainly (with certainty, without doubt)
- 2
probably (very likely, although not entirely sure)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D'une manière certaine. 2. Sans doute ; en vérité ; assurément. 3. Très probablement mais exprimant une certaine incertitude. 4. Utilisé en ce sens pour marquer une certaine circonspection de manière atténuée, et qui signifie en définitive l’inverse de ce qu’il devrait signifier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of certainement
- bourguignon dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce certainement?
- /sɛʁ.tɛn.mɑ̃/
- \sɛʁ.tɛn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to certainement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is certainement in French?
certainement appears 55 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).