different between chert vs cert

English

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)

1. (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
2. (countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.

Usage notes

Generally, in mineralogy and geology, a chert does not have a conchoidal fracture. In North American archeology the term chert occasionally is still used for various siliceous minerals (including flint) that have a conchoidal fracture; this leads to confusion between the terms flint and chert in some archeology texts.

Derived terms

• chertification
• chertified

Translations

See also

• chalcedony
• flint
• jasper
• quartzite
• silicate

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Chert”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “chert”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• retch

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?er?t/

Adjective

chert

1. Lenited form of cert.

Noun

chert

1. Lenited form of cert.

English

Adjective

cert

1. Alternative form of cert.

Noun

cert (plural certs)

1. (informal) Certificate.

   I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.

2. (informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?s??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?s?rt/

Adjective

cert (feminine certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)

1. true

   Antonyms: fals, incert

2. certain

   Antonym: incert

Derived terms

Related terms

• cerndre

Further reading

• “cert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ladin

Alternative forms

• cërt

Etymology

From Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m (feminine singular certa, masculine plural certs, feminine plural certes)

1. certain
2. some

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciert

Etymology

From Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certe)

1. certain; sure

Related terms

• acertener
• certain
• certes

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (cert)
• cert on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?er?t/

Adjective

cert (comparative certu)

1. correct, right, proper, fitting
2. fair, just
3. (of material objects) straight, even
4. (of numbers, quantities etc.) exact, precise

Inflection

Noun

cert n or m

1. the right, what is proper, correctness
2. (in quasi-legal sense) right, claim, entitlement
3. justice, fair dealing

Inflection

Derived terms

• ina chirt, i cirt (“properly, rightly, as is fitting”)

Descendants

• Irish: ceart
• Manx: kiart
• Scottish Gaelic: ceart

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ert/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin certus.

Adjective

cert m or n (feminine singular cert?, masculine plural cer?i, feminine and neuter plural certe)

1. certain, sure, doubtless

Declension

Synonyms

• sigur

Etymology 2

Verb

cert

1. first-person singular present indicative of certa
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of certa