sincere
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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.
- (archaic) clean; pure
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TranslationsEdit
earnest
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Further readingEdit
- sincere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sincere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- sincere at OneLook Dictionary Search
- sincere in Britannica Dictionary
- sincere in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
- sincere in Ozdic collocation dictionary
- sincere in WordReference English Collocations
AnagramsEdit
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sincere
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ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sincere f pl
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LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
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 2Edit
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 or f (plural sinceres)
- sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Etymology and history of “sincère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
sincere
- inflection of sincerar: