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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- + *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal.
Unrelated to sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia page.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sincere (comparative more sincere or sincerer, superlative most sincere or sincerest)
- Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
- I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.
- Meant truly or earnestly.
- She gave it a sincere if misguided effort.
- (archaic) clean; pure
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Translations[edit]
earnest
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Further reading[edit]
- “sincere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sincere”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- sincere at OneLook Dictionary Search
- sincere in Britannica Dictionary
- sincere in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
- sincere in Ozdic collocation dictionary
- sincere in WordReference English Collocations
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Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
sincere
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Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sincere f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
sincērē (not comparable)
- uprightly, honestly, frankly, sincerely
- 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109
- Di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit // atque id sincere dicat ex animo
- 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sincēre
References[edit]
- “sincere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sincere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1441, borrowed from Latin sincērus.[1]
Adjective[edit]
sincere m or f (plural sinceres)
- sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Etymology and history of “sincère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
sincere
- inflection of sincerar:
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