honnêteté

French

Etymology

From Old French honesté, from Latin honestātem, reshaped as if from honnête +‎ -té starting from Middle French honesteté. Compare Spanish honestidad and Portuguese honestidade.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.nɛt.te/, /ɔ.nɛ.tə.te/ ~ /ɔ.ne.tə.te/

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Noun

honnêteté f (plural honnêtetés)

1. honesty

   Antonym: malhonnêteté

   Near-synonyms: franchise, candeur

Further reading

• “honnêteté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.