certes

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin certus (“certain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.tiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.tiz/

Adverb

certes (not comparable)

1. (archaic) indeed; certainly.
   • Herman Melville, Omoo

     This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.

Anagrams

• Cretes, erects, resect, secret, terces

Adjective

certes

1. feminine plural of cert

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁt/

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

certes

1. indeed, admittedly, fair enough, certainly, surely, absolutely, decidedly, definitively

Further reading

• “certes” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• crêtes, secret, terces

Adjective

certes f pl

1. feminine plural of cert

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.teːs/, [ˈkɛr.teːs]

Verb

certēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of certō

Alternative forms

• certis
• certus
• certs
• sertes
• sertis
• sertus

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French certes.

Adverb

certes

1. certainly
2. indeed; of course

Alternative forms

• chertes (northern)

Adverb

certes

1. of course; indeed