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certitude

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feminine

la certitude

certainty

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certitude
/la sɛʁtityd/
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Comment dit-on certitude en français ?

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/la sɛʁtityd/

How do you pronounce certitude in français?

certitude is pronounced /la sɛʁtityd/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La certitude absolue est rare dans la vie.

Absolute certainty is rare in life. (The feminine adjective 'absolue' agrees with the feminine noun 'certitude')

Cette certitude nouvelle m'a rendue heureuse.

This new certainty made me happy. (The feminine adjectives 'nouvelle' and 'heureuse' must agree with 'certitude'; if it were masculine, they would be 'nouveau' and 'heureux')

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Certitude is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "certitūdo," which belonged to the third declension -tūdō category—a productively feminine suffix in Latin that French inherited, similar to other -tude words like "altitude" and "gratitude." This Latin suffix denoted abstract qualities and was grammatically feminine, a gender assignment that carried over into Romance languages.

Comment dit-on certainty en français ?

En français, certainty se dit la certitude — feminine.

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