sincere

See also: Sincere, sinceré, and sincère

English

Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sin- + *ḱer- (“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(key): /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.

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

sincera +‎ -e

Adverb

sincere

  1. sincerely

Antonyms

Italian

Adjective

sincere f pl

  1. feminine plural of sincero

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

sincēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sincērus

References

  • 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

Etymology

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

Adjective

sincere m, f (plural sinceres)

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

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ “sincère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Verb

sincere

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
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