"certain" meaning in French

See certain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sɛʁ.tɛ̃/, /sɛʁ.tɛ.n‿/ Audio: Fr-certain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-certain.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-certain.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal-certain.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: certaine [feminine], certains [masculine, plural], certaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin *certānus Old French certain French certain Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|fro:certain<ety:inh<la:*certānus>>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin *certānus Old French certain French certain [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kritos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "certus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-nos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-nus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ānus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*certānus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "certain", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "certain", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="certain">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{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, guaranteed (sure, positive)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-Gd5SwR-o Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. certain (specified, particular)
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-adj-wvG0khB7
  3. 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 etymology trees, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French determiners: 17 18 51 14 Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 16 17 56 12 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 18 19 48 14 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 15 59 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 19 49 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 16 17 54 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 19 20 47 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: certainement, incertain Related terms: certitude

Determiner

IPA: /sɛʁ.tɛ̃/, /sɛʁ.tɛ.n‿/ Audio: Fr-certain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-certain.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-certain.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal-certain.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: certaine [feminine], certains [masculine, plural], certaines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin *certānus Old French certain French certain Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|fro:certain<ety:inh<la:*certānus>>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin *certānus Old French certain French certain [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kritos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "certus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-nos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-nus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ānus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*certānus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "certain", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "certain", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="certain">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{inh|fr|la|certus||fixed, resolved, certain}} Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”) Head templates: {{fr-det|m|f=certaine|fpl=certaines|mpl=certains}} certain m (feminine certaine, masculine plural certains, feminine plural certaines)
  1. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of; some Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-certain-fr-det-QGdSGezl

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (b70b34c and e7887d5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.