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la certitude
certainty
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How do you say certitude in French?
How do you pronounce certitude in French?
certitude is pronounced /la sɛʁtityd/ in French.
Example sentences
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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Why is it 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.
What is the French word for certainty?
The French word for certainty is la certitude — feminine.
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