sincere

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

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• IPA^(key): /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

AdjectiveEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• onefold

AntonymsEdit

• insincere

Related termsEdit

• cereal
• Ceres
• crescent
• sincerity
• sincereness

TranslationsEdit

External linksEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• ceresin

EtymologyEdit

sincera +‎ -e

AdverbEdit

sincere

1. sincerely

AntonymsEdit

• malsincere (“insincerely”)

AdjectiveEdit

sincere f pl

1. feminine plural of sincero

AnagramsEdit

• censire, crisene, recensì, recinse, scernei, secerni

AdjectiveEdit

sincēre

1. vocative masculine singular of sincērus

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

sincere m, f (plural sinceres)

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

DescendantsEdit

• English: sincere (borrowed)
• French: sincère

ReferencesEdit

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