insincère
French, adjective/ɛ̃.sɛ̃.sɛʁ/
insincère is spelled I-N-S-I-N-C-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insincère is a French adjective meaning “insincere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas sincère, qui prétend dire ou montre ce qu’il ou elle pense mais ne le fait pas en réalité”.
What does insincère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insincere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas sincère, qui prétend dire ou montre ce qu’il ou elle pense mais ne le fait pas en réalité. 2. Qui intègre des recettes fictives en parlant du budget d’une collectivité.
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 insincère
- insincères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insincère?
- /ɛ̃.sɛ̃.sɛʁ/
- \ɛ̃.sɛ̃.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is insincère in French?
insincère appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).