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certitude

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsɝtət(j)ud/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtɪtjuːd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S ER1 T AH0 T UW2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Sureness, certainty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • I have absolute certitude about that.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: certainty, surety

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is a certainty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Taxes are obviously certitudes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: certainty, cert, banker, certitude, cinch, dead cert, fatality, inevitability, racing certainty, sure thing, fair bet, good bet, safe bet, sure bet

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: certainty

History

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: сигурност (sigurnost) — sureness, certainty
  • Bulgarian: увереност (uverenost) — sureness, certainty
  • French: certitude — sureness, certainty
  • Greek: βεβαιότητα (vevaiótita) — sureness, certainty
  • Greek: σιγουριά (sigouriá) — sureness, certainty
  • Greek: πεποίθηση (pepoíthisi) — sureness, certainty
  • Hebrew: ודאות (vada'ut) — sureness, certainty
  • Latin: certitūdō — sureness, certainty
  • Romanian: certitudine — sureness, certainty
  • Romanian: convingere — sureness, certainty
  • Romanian: siguranță — sureness, certainty
  • Spanish: certidumbre — sureness, certainty
  • Walloon: acertinance — sureness, certainty