cert
English
Pronunciation
Audio (southern England) (file)
Adjective
cert
- Alternative form of cert.
Noun
cert (plural certs)
- (informal) Certificate.
- I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.
- (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing
Derived terms
- birth cert
- dead cert
Anagrams
- rect
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾt/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsɛrt/
Adjective
cert (feminine certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
- true
- Antonyms: fals, incert
- certain
- Antonym: incert
Derived terms
- certament
- certesa
- encertar
- per cert
Related terms
- cerndre
Further reading
- “cert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “cert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese
Etymology 1
From clipping of English certificate.
Pronunciation
Noun
cert
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) certificate (Classifier: 張/张 c)
Etymology 2
From clipping of English certify.
Pronunciation
Verb
cert
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of certify.
Ladin
Alternative forms
- cërt
Etymology
From Latin certus.
Adjective
cert m (feminine singular certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)
- certain
- some
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian certo, from Latin certus.
Adjective
cert
- certain, sure
Old French
Alternative forms
- ciert
Etymology
From Latin certus.
Adjective
cert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certe)
- certain; sure
Related terms
- acertener
- certain
- certes
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (cert)
- cert on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲer͈t/
Adjective
cert (comparative certu)
- correct, right, proper, fitting
- fair, just
- (of material objects) straight, even
- (of numbers, quantities etc.) exact, precise
Inflection
o/ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cert | cert | cert |
Vocative | cirt* cert** | ||
Accusative | cert | cirt | |
Genitive | cirt | cirte | cirt |
Dative | cert, cirt | cirt | cert, cirt |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | cirt | certa | |
Vocative | certu certa† | ||
Accusative | certu certa† | ||
Genitive | cert | ||
Dative | certaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Noun
cert n or m
- the right, what is proper, correctness
- (in quasi-legal sense) right, claim, entitlement
- justice, fair dealing
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Vocative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Accusative | certN | certN | certL, certa |
Genitive | cirtL | cert | certN |
Dative | certL, cirt | certaib | certaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Masculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cert | certL | cirtL |
Vocative | cirt | certL | certuH |
Accusative | certN | certL | certuH |
Genitive | cirtL | cert | certN |
Dative | certL, cirt | certaib | certaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- ina chirt, i cirt (“properly, rightly, as is fitting”)
Descendants
- Irish: ceart
- Manx: kiart
- Scottish Gaelic: ceart
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cert | chert | cert pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃert/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin certus.
Adjective
cert m or n (feminine singular certă, masculine plural cerți, feminine and neuter plural certe)
- certain, sure, doubtless
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | cert | certă | cerți | certe | ||
definite | certul | certa | cerții | certele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | cert | certe | cerți | certe | ||
definite | certului | certei | cerților | certelor |
Synonyms
- sigur
Verb
cert
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of certa