incerto
Italian
Etymology
From in- + certo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛr.to/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrto
- Hyphenation: in‧cèr‧to
Adjective
incerto (feminine incerta, masculine plural incerti, feminine plural incerte)
- uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undecided
- Synonyms: dubbio, indeciso, dubbioso, esitante
- hesitant, insecure, unsteady, shaky
- Synonyms: insicuro, malfermo
- indefinite, uncertain
- Synonym: indefinito
Antonyms
- certo
Derived terms
- incertamente
Noun
incerto m (plural incerti)
- uncertainty, risk
- the uncertain
Synonyms
- incertezza (1,2)
- rischio (2)
Antonyms
- certezza
Anagrams
- cinterò, cortine, cretino, increto, notrice, recinto, recintò, rincote
Latin
Adjective
incertō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incertus
References
- “incerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incerto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- incerto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin incertus. By surface analysis, in- + certo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈsɛh.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛɾ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈsɛχ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛɻ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛɾ.tu/
- Hyphenation: in‧cer‧to
Adjective
incerto (feminine incerta, masculine plural incertos, feminine plural incertas)
- uncertain (subject to doubt)
- Antonym: certo
Further reading
- “incerto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “incerto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “incerto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “incerto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “incerto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “incerto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.