malhonnête
French, adjective/ma.lɔ.nɛt/
malhonnête is spelled M-A-L-H-O-N-N-Ê-T-E (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malhonnête is a French adjective meaning “dishonest, disingenuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque d’honnêteté, qui est contraire à l’honneur, à la probité”.
What does malhonnête mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dishonest, disingenuous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque d’honnêteté, qui est contraire à l’honneur, à la probité. 2. Qui est contraire à la 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 malhonnête
- malhonnêtes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malhonnête?
- /ma.lɔ.nɛt/
- \ma.lɔ.nɛt\
- [ˈma.lɔ.nɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malhonnête
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malhonnête in French?
malhonnête appears 2.2 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).