honnêteté
French, noun/ɔ.nɛt.te/
honnêteté is spelled H-O-N-N-Ê-T-E-T-É (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honnêteté is a French feminine noun meaning “honesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État moral constitué par l’instinct ou l’habitude de la vertu, de la probité”.
What does honnêteté mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehonesty
Near-synonyms: franchise, candeur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État moral constitué par l’instinct ou l’habitude de la vertu, de la probité. 2. Chasteté, pudeur. 3. Bienséance. 4. Civilité.
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.
Forms of honnêteté
- honnêtetés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce honnêteté?
- /ɔ.nɛt.te/
- /ɔ.nɛ.tə.te/
- /ɔ.ne.tə.te/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to honnêteté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is honnêteté in French?
honnêteté appears 6.8 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).