"certain" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /sɛʁ.tɛ̃/, /sɛʁ.tɛ.n‿/ Audio: Fr-certain.ogg Forms: certaine [feminine], certains [masculine, plural], certaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|certain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French certain, {{inh+|fr|fro|certain}} Inherited from Old French certain, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la|*certānus}} *certānus, {{inh|fr|la|certus||fixed, resolved, certain}} Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} certain (feminine certaine, masculine plural certains, feminine plural certaines)
  1. certain, for certain, indubitably
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-4YXaBpjY
  2. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-HZ2~Swyj Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 25 11 10 23 22 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 44 20 3 6 4 1
  3. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-HCu2Ttvs Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 25 11 10 23 22 10
  4. certain (fixed, determined)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-0ukiFLcI Categories (other): French determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 25 11 10 23 22 10
  5. certain (specified, particular)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-wvG0khB7 Categories (other): French determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 25 11 10 23 22 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dans une certaine mesure, sûr et certain

Determiner

IPA: /sɛʁ.tɛ̃/, /sɛʁ.tɛ.n‿/ Audio: Fr-certain.ogg Forms: certaine [feminine], certains [masculine, plural], certaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|certain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French certain, {{inh+|fr|fro|certain}} Inherited from Old French certain, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la|*certānus}} *certānus, {{inh|fr|la|certus||fixed, resolved, certain}} Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”) Head templates: {{fr-det|m|f=certaine|fp=certaines|mp=certains}} certain m (feminine certaine, masculine plural certains, feminine plural certaines)
  1. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some Tags: masculine Related terms: certainement, certitude, incertain
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-det-YuirKu4b Categories (other): French determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 25 11 10 23 22 10

Noun

IPA: /sɛʁ.tɛ̃/, /sɛʁ.tɛ.n‿/ Audio: Fr-certain.ogg Forms: certains [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|certain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French certain, {{inh+|fr|fro|certain}} Inherited from Old French certain, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la|*certānus}} *certānus, {{inh|fr|la|certus||fixed, resolved, certain}} Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} certain m (plural certains)
  1. certain; certainty Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-noun-Pw~jz-Y5

Inflected forms

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