honnêtement
French, adverb/ɔ.nɛt.mɑ̃/
honnêtement is spelled H-O-N-N-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honnêtement is a French adverb meaning “honestly (in an honest way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avec les bienséances qu’exige la société”.
What does honnêtement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
honestly (in an honest way)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Avec les bienséances qu’exige la société. 2. D’une manière honnête, honorable. 3. En honnête homme, au sens du XVIIᵉ siècle. 4. Suffisamment ; passablement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce honnêtement?
- /ɔ.nɛt.mɑ̃/
- \ɔ.nɛt.mɑ̃\
- [ɔnɛtmɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to honnêtement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is honnêtement in French?
honnêtement appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).