cert

See also: CERT, čert, cert., and черт

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

cert

1. Alternative form of cert..

Noun

cert (plural certs)

1. (informal) Certificate.

   I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.

2. (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing

Derived terms

• birth cert
• dead cert

Anagrams

• rect

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞rt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈsɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾt]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

cert (feminine certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)

1. true

   Antonyms: fals, incert

2. certain

   Antonym: incert

Derived terms

• certament
• certesa
• encertar
• per cert

Related terms

• cerndre

Further reading

• “cert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cert”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cert”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chinese

Etymology 1

From clipping of English certificate.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soet¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soet¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːt̚⁵/

Noun

cert

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) certificate (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English certify.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soet¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soet¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːt̚⁵/

Verb

cert

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) synonym of certify

Ladin

Alternative forms

• cërt

Etymology

From Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m (feminine singular certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)

1. certain
2. some

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian certo, from Latin certus.

Adjective

cert

1. certain, sure

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciert

Etymology

From Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m (feminine certe)

1. certain; sure

Related terms

• acertener
• certain
• certes

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “cert”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “cert”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲert̪/

Adjective

cert (comparative certu)

1. correct, right, proper, fitting
2. fair, just
3. straight, even (of material objects)
4. exact, precise (of numbers, quantities etc.)

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

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Noun

cert n or m

1. the right, what is proper, correctness
2. (in quasi-legal sense) right, claim, entitlement
3. 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:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

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:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ina chirt, i cirt (“properly, rightly, as is fitting”)

Descendants

• Irish: ceart
• Manx: kiart
• Scottish Gaelic: ceart

Mutation

Mutation of cert

radical	lenition	nasalization
cert	chert	cert pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃert/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krey-

Proto-Italic *kritos

Latin certuslbor.

Romanian cert

Learned borrowing from Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m or n (feminine singular certă, masculine plural cerți, feminine/neuter plural certe)

1. certain, sure, doubtless

   Synonym: sigur

Declension

Declension of cert

		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

Etymology 2

Verb

cert

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of certa

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cart.

Noun

cert f (plural certi or ceirt)

1. (South Wales) alternative form of cart

Mutation

Mutated forms of cert

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cert	gert	nghert	chert

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cert”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies