la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants
French, proverb/la ve.ʁi.te sɔʁ də la buʃ de.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants is spelled L-A-V-É-R-I-T-É-S-O-R-T-D-E-L-A-B-O-U-C-H-E-D-E-S-E-N-F-A-N-T-S (32 letters). La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants is a French proverb meaning “out of the mouths of babes comes truth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants mean in English?
proverb
- 1
out of the mouths of babes comes truth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Les enfants dévoilent régulièrement des vérités.
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 la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants?
- /la ve.ʁi.te sɔʁ də la buʃ de.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
- \la ve.ʁi.te sɔʁ də la buʃ de.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.