incerto

Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ certo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛr.to/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrto
  • Hyphenation: in‧cèr‧to

Adjective

incerto (feminine incerta, masculine plural incerti, feminine plural incerte)

  1. uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undecided
    Synonyms: dubbio, indeciso, dubbioso, esitante
  2. hesitant, insecure, unsteady, shaky
    Synonyms: insicuro, malfermo
  3. indefinite, uncertain
    Synonym: indefinito

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Noun

incerto m (plural incerti)

  1. uncertainty, risk
  2. the uncertain

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Latin

Adjective

incertō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incertus

References

  • incerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "incerto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • incerto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incertus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ certo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈsɛh.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛɾ.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈsɛχ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈsɛɻ.to/

  • Hyphenation: in‧cer‧to
  • Homophone: inserto

Adjective

incerto (feminine incerta, masculine plural incertos, feminine plural incertas)

  1. uncertain (subject to doubt)
    Antonym: certo

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