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/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -e
Noun
honnêteté f (plural honnêtetés)
- honesty
- Antonym: malhonnêteté
- Near-synonyms: franchise, candeur
Further reading
- “honnêteté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.