Word.ws English Dictionary

certes

UK/ˈsɜː.tɪz/US/ˈsɝ.tiz/

certes adverb: certainly, indeed.

Adverb

certes (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Certainly, indeed.
    • [F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
    • This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.1845, Herman Melville, Omoo
    Synonyms:
    of course, truly, verily

Synonyms of certes

Origin of certes

From Middle English certes, from Old French [Term?], from Latin certus (“certain”).

Words that rhyme with certes

Questions about certes

What does certes mean?
Certes means certainly, indeed.
What part of speech is certes?
Certes is an adverb.
How do you pronounce certes?
Certes is pronounced /ˈsɜː.tɪz/ (UK).

Words near certes in the dictionary

  1. certayne
  2. certaynely
  3. certeine
  4. certeinely
  5. Certeju de Sus
  6. certes
  7. Certeze
  8. CertHE
  9. certhid
  10. certhids
  11. certhiid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: certes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “certes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/certes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.