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les certitudes
certainties
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How do you say certitudes in French?
How do you pronounce certitudes in French?
certitudes is pronounced /le 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?
Certitudes 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 certainties?
The French word for certainties is les certitudes — feminine.
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