sincere
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
earnest
|
|
Further readingEdit
- sincere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sincere in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
AnagramsEdit
EsperantoEdit
ItalianEdit
LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sincēre
ReferencesEdit
- 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 FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
First attested in 1441, borrowed from Latin sincērus.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
sincere m, f (plural sinceres)
- sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “sincère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
sincere
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.