honest

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ɪst/
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• Received-Pronunciation, dated: /ˈɔː.nɪst/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɑ.nɪst/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈɑ.nəst/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒn.ɪst/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈɔn.ɪst/
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• Australian: /ˈɔn.əst/
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• New-Zealand: /ɒn.ə.st/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟n.ə.st]
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• rhymes with -ɒnɪst
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• rhymes with -ɔːnɪst
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From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i ndershëm — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Amharic: ሐቀኛ (ḥäḳäña) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Amharic: እውነተኛ (ʾəwnätäña) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Arabic: نَزِيه (nazīh) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Arabic: صَادِق (ṣādiq) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Arabic: صادق (ṣādig) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Armenian: ազնիվ (azniv) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Basque: zintzo — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Belarusian: сумле́нны (sumljénny) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Belarusian: праўдзі́вы (prawdzívy) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Belarusian: шчы́ры (ščýry) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Bulgarian: че́стен (čésten) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Bulgarian: и́скрен (ískren) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Bulgarian: правди́в (pravdív) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Catalan: honest — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Catalan: sincer — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Cebuano: matinod-anon — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Chinese Cantonese: 誠實 /诚实 — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Chinese Cantonese: 老實 /老实 (lou5 sat6) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 誠實 /诚实 (chéngshí) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 正直 (zhèngzhí) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 老實 /老实 (lǎoshi) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Czech: poctivý — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Danish: ærlig — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Dutch: eerlijk — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Esperanto: honesta — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Estonian: aus — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Faroese: ærligur — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Finnish: rehellinen — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• French: honnête — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Galician: honesto — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Georgian: პატიოსანი (ṗaṭiosani) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• German: ehrlich — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• German: aufrichtig — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Greek: τίμιος (tímios) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Greek: έντιμος (éntimos) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hawaiian: pono — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hebrew: כנה (kené) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Higaonon: buotan — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hindi: ईमानदार (īmāndār) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hindi: सच्चा (saccā) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hungarian: őszinte — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hungarian: becsületes — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Hunsrik: eherlich — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Icelandic: heiðarlegur — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Icelandic: ráðvandur — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Icelandic: sómakær — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Icelandic: réttsýnn — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ido: honesta — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Indonesian: jujur — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ingrian: vernoi — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ingrian: soora — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Inuttitut: killijijuk — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Irish: macánta — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Italian: onesto — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Japanese: 正直 (shōjiki) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Japanese: 誠実 (seijitsu) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Javanese: jujur — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Kazakh: адал (adal) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Kazakh: ақ (aq) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Korean: 정직하다 (jeongjikhada) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Lao: ມີຄວາມຊື່ສັດ (mīk wām sư̄ sat) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Latin: honestus — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Macedonian: искрен (iskren) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Malayalam: സത്യസന്ധമായ (satyasandhamāya) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Malayalam: സത്യസന്ധൻ (satyasandhaṉ) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Māori: tapatahi — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Māori: pono — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Marathi: प्रामाणिक (prāmāṇik) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Nahuatl: melahuac — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Norman: honnête — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærlig — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppriktig — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ærleg — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Occitan: onèst — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Occitan: sincèr — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Old English: sōþfæst — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Persian: صادق (sâdeq) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Persian: امین (amin) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Polabian: radliťĕ — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Polish: uczciwy — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Polish: szczery — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Portuguese: honesto — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Portuguese: sincero — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Romanian: cinstit — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Romanian: onest — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Russian: че́стный (čéstnyj) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Russian: и́скренний (ískrennij) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Russian: правди́вый (pravdívyj) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Sanskrit: ऋजु (ṛju) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Scottish Gaelic: ionraic — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Scottish Gaelic: ceart — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Scottish Gaelic: onarach — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: поштен — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: честит — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: искрен — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: pošten — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: čestit — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Serbo-Croatian: iskren — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Slovak: poctivý — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Slovene: pošten — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Slovene: iskren — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Somali: daacad — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Spanish: honesto — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Spanish: sincero — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Swedish: ärlig — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Tagalog: matapat — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Tajik: бовиҷдон (bovijdon) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Tajik: бошараф (bošaraf) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Tamil: நேர்மையான (nērmaiyāṉa) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Thai: ซื่อสัตย์ (sʉ̂ʉ-sàt) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Turkish: dürüst — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ukrainian: че́сний (čésnyj) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ukrainian: правди́вий (pravdývyj) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Ukrainian: щи́рий (ščýryj) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Vietnamese: thành thật — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Volapük: snatik — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Welsh: gonest — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Yiddish: ערלעך (erlekh) — scrupulous with regard to telling the truth
• Bulgarian: правди́в (pravdív) — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Finnish: rehellinen — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Malayalam: സത്യസന്ധമായ (satyasandhamāya) — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Māori: matatika — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Marathi: प्रामाणिक (prāmāṇik) — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Russian: правди́вый (pravdívyj) — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Welsh: gonest — of a statement: true, fair, unbiased
• Bulgarian: и́скрен (ískren) — in good faith, without malice
• Finnish: rehellinen — in good faith, without malice
• Māori: tinihangakore — in good faith, without malice
• Russian: и́скренний (ískrennij) — in good faith, without malice
• Welsh: gonest — in good faith, without malice
• Finnish: rehellinen — of a measurement device: accurate
• Māori: tōtika — of a measurement device: accurate
• Bulgarian: и́стински (ístinski) — authentic, full
• Finnish: rehellinen — authentic, full
• Russian: по́длинный (pódlinnyj) — authentic, full
• Russian: и́стинный (ístinnyj) — authentic, full
• Bulgarian: почтен (počten) — earned or acquired in a fair manner
• Finnish: rehellinen — earned or acquired in a fair manner
• Icelandic: heiðarlega fenginn — earned or acquired in a fair manner
• Polish: autentyk — Translations