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Sentences Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛʁ.tɛ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”).
Related words
c’est sûr
bien déterminé
hors de doute
sicher
seguro
certo
certo
cert
zeker
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