Is « certitude » masculine or feminine?
« certitude » is feminine. You say la certitude.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la certitude |
| With the indefinite article | une certitude |
| With the partitive article | de la certitude |
Plural
The plural is certitudes (les certitudes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
certitude ends in
-ude. Nouns ending in
-ude are usually feminine,
so certitude follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La foi est une certitude sans preuves.
Faith is certainty without evidence. -
Il le sait avec une certitude absolue.
He knows it with absolute certainty. -
Quelle certitude as-tu qu'il soit un criminel ?
How certain are you that he's a criminal?
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « certitude » masculine or feminine?
« certitude » is feminine. You say la certitude.
Is it « le certitude » or « la certitude »?
It is « la certitude ». « le certitude » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.