certitude
French, noun/sɛʁ.ti.tyd/
certitude is spelled C-E-R-T-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Certitude is a French feminine noun meaning “certitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assurance pleine et entière d’une chose”.
What does certitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecertitude
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assurance pleine et entière d’une chose. 2. Adhésion forte et invincible de l’esprit à une chose qu’il reconnaît vraie. 3. Stabilité, pérennité.
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 certitude
- certitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce certitude?
- /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/
- \sɛʁ.ti.tyd\
- [sɛʁ.ti.tyd]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to certitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is certitude in French?
certitude appears 10 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).