sincere

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See also: Sincere, sinceré, and sincère

English

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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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.
    • 2003, “The Outsider”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
      If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere
      Do it somewhere far away from here
  2. Meant truly or earnestly.
    She gave it a sincere if misguided effort.
  3. (archaic) clean; pure

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Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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sincera +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sinˈt͡sere]
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧re

Adverb

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sincere

  1. sincerely

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Italian

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Adjective

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sincere f pl

  1. feminine plural of sincero

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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sincērē (not comparable)

  1. uprightly, honestly, frankly, sincerely
    • 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109
      Di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit // atque id sincere dicat ex animo

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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sincēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sincērus

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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First attested in 1441, borrowed from Latin sincērus.[1]

Adjective

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sincere m or f (plural sinceres)

  1. sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)

Descendants

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  • French: sincère
  • English: sincere

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of sincère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

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Verb

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sincere

  1. inflection of sincerar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative