certa

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See also: Certa, Certã, çerta, čerta, and черта

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

certa

  1. feminine singular of cert

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -erta
  • Hyphenation: cer‧ta

Adjective

certa (accusative singular certan, plural certaj, accusative plural certajn)

  1. certain, sure
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
      Mi estas certa, ke kiam ni ilin revidos, ni ne plu rekonos ilin.
      I am sure that when we see them again, we will no longer recognize them.
    Antonym: necerta
  2. certain, some, determinate
    • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto unua:
      Nu, en certaj okazoj multe da saĝo estas pli malbona, ol se oni ĝin tute ne havus.
      Now, in certain cases a lot of wisdom is worse than if you had none at all.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto certaEnglish certainFrench certainItalian certoSpanish cierto.

Pronunciation

Adjective

certa

  1. certain, sure, guaranteed
    Antonym: necerta

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

certa

  1. feminine singular of certo

Anagrams

Ladin

Adjective

certa

  1. feminine singular of cert

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

certā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of certō

Adjective

certa

  1. inflection of certus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

certā

  1. ablative feminine singular of certus

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

certa

  1. inflection of cert:
    1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
    2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
certa cherta certa
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Zährte.

Pronunciation

Noun

certa f

  1. vimba (Vimba vimba)

Declension

Further reading

  • certa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • certa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cer‧ta

Adjective

certa

  1. feminine singular of certo

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin certāre, present active infinitive of certō.

Pronunciation

Verb

a certa (third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat) 1st conj.

  1. (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
  2. to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend

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