certes
English
Etymology
From Middle English certes, from Old French [Term?], from Latin certus (“certain”).
Pronunciation
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Adverb
certes (not comparable)
- (archaic) Certainly, indeed.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1:
- [F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]
- (Can we date this quote by Herman Melville and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Omoo
- This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.
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Catalan
Adjective
certes
French
Pronunciation
Adverb
certes
Further reading
- “certes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Ladin
Adjective
certes f pl
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.teːs/, [ˈkɛrt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.tes/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrt̪es]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) certēs
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French certes.
Adverb
certes
- certainly; indeed; of course
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio cvi, verso, column 1:
- Of the hinder part of her buttockes it is ful horrible for to ſe, for certes in that parte of her body there as they purge her ſtynkynge ordure, that foul partie ſhew they to yͤ people proudly in diſpite of honeſtie, which honeſtie that Jeſu Christ and hys frendes obſerued to ſhewe in her life.
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Old French
Alternative forms
- chertes (northern)
Adverb
certes
Descendants
- French: certes
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