sincere

See also sincère

English

Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sin- + *ker- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal.

Unrelated to sine (“without”) cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia discussion.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Adjective

sincere (comparative more sincere or sincerer, superlative most sincere or sincerest)

1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

   I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.

2. Meant truly or earnestly.

   She gave it a sincere, if misguided effort.

Synonyms

• onefold

Antonyms

• insincere

Related terms

• cereal
• Ceres
• crescent
• sincerity
• sincereness

Translations

earnest

• Arabic: مخلص (ar) (múχlaʂ)
• Azeri: səmimi (az)
• Catalan: sincer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真誠 (cmn), 真诚 (cmn) (zhēnchéng)

• Czech: upřímný (cs) m
• Dutch: oprecht (nl)
• Esperanto: sincera (eo)
• Finnish: vilpitön (fi)
• French: sincère (fr)
• German: aufrichtig (de)
• Greek: ειλικρινής (el) (eilikrinis) 
• Hungarian: őszinte (hu)
• Italian: sincero (it)

• Japanese: 誠実な (ja) (seijitsu na)
• Jèrriais: sîncéthe m and f
• Korean: 진실한 (ko) (jinsilhan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دڵ پاک (ku)

• Polish: szczery (pl) m
• Portuguese: sincero (pt) m
• Romanian: sincer (ro)
• Russian: искренний (ru) (ískrennij) 
• Spanish: sincero (es)
• Swedish: uppriktig (sv)
• Turkish: samimi (tr), içten (tr), yürekten (tr), kalpten (tr)
• Volapük: ladöfik (vo)

External links

• sincere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sincere in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• ceresin

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Esperanto

Adverb

sincere

1. sincerely

Antonyms

• malsincere (“insincerely”)

Related terms

• sincera (“sincere”)

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Italian

Adjective

sincere pl

1. feminine form of sincero

Anagrams

• censire, crisene, recensì, recinse, scernei, secerni

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Latin

Adjective

sincēre

1. vocative masculine singular of sincērus