certifié
French, adjective
certifié is spelled C-E-R-T-I-F-I-É (8 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Certifié is a French adjective meaning “certified” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of certifier. Without its accent, certifie is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une personne titulaire d’un certificat d’aptitude”.
What does certifié mean in English?
adjective
- 1
certified
- 2
notarized
verb
- 1
past participle of certifier
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne titulaire d’un certificat d’aptitude. 2. Qui est certain.
noun: 1. Personne titulaire du CAPES.
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 certifié
- certifiée feminine
- certifiés masculine plural
- certifiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is certifié in French?
certifié appears 5.6 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).