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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
certe
- certainly; surely
- Vinko Ošlak, La malbabela jaro,
- Pinoĉeto certe estas diktatoro, sed nur amatoreca kompare kun tiuj, kiuj volas lin anstataŭigi.
- Pinochet is certainly a dictator, but only an amateurish one compared with those who want to replace him.
Ido
Etymology
From certa + -e.
Pronunciation
Adverb
certe
- certainly
- certajo (“certainty (something certain)”)
- certeso (“certainty”)
- certeskar (“to certify”)
- certigar (“to certify, ensure”)
- necerta (“uncertain, unsettle, not determined, dubious, precarious, unsteady”)
Italian
Adjective
certe f pl
- feminine plural of certo
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From certus (“certain”) + -ē (“-ly”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
certē (comparative certius, superlative certissimē)
- certainly, surely
- at any rate, at least
Synonyms
References
- “certe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “certe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- certe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I know for a fact: certo (certe) scio (Arch. 12. 32)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
certe
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of certa