certainty

English

Etymology

Middle English surety, from Anglo-Norman certeinté, from Old French certeineté, from Vulgar Latin *certanitas, from Latin certus

Pronunciation

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Noun

certainty (plural certainties)

1. The state of being certain.
2. An instance of being certain.

Synonyms

• (state of being certain): certitude

Antonyms

• (state of being certain): uncertainty

Related terms

• certain

Translations

state of being certain

• Bulgarian: увереност (bg) (uverenost) f, сигурност (bg) (sigurnost) f
• Czech: jistota (cs) f
• Dutch: zekerheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: certeco (eo)
• French: certitude (fr) f
• German: Sicherheit (de) f
• Greek: βεβαιότητα (el) (vevaiótita) f
• Hebrew: ודאות (vada'ut) f

• Irish: cinnteacht (ga) f, dearfacht (ga) f, deimhneacht (ga) f, deimhin (ga), deimhne (ga) f
• Japanese: 確信 (kakushin) f
• Portuguese: certeza (pt) f
• Romanian: certitudine (ro) f, siguranță (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnt (gd) f
• Serbian: izvesnost f
• Spanish: certeza (es) f
• Swahili: bainisha (sw)

External links

• Certainty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia