incertain
French, adjective/ɛ̃.sɛʁ.tɛ̃/
incertain is spelled I-N-C-E-R-T-A-I-N (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incertain is a French adjective meaning “uncertain; unsure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas certain, pas assuré”.
What does incertain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncertain; unsure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas certain, pas assuré. 2. Qui n’est pas fixé ; qui n'est pas déterminé. 3. Qui est variable, mal assuré. 4. Qui n’a pas une forme ou une nature bien arrêtée.
noun: 1. Ce qui n’est pas sûr, pas assuré.
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 incertain
- incertaine feminine
- incertains masculine plural
- incertaines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incertain?
- /ɛ̃.sɛʁ.tɛ̃/
- \ɛ̃.sɛʁ.tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incertain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incertain in French?
incertain appears 4.2 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).