sincérité

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sincēritās. By surface analysis, sincère +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.se.ʁi.te/

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Noun

sincérité f (plural sincérités)

1. sincerity, earnestness

   Near-synonyms: candeur, franchise, honnêteté

Further reading

• “sincérité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012