honest in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for honest in the English»French Dictionary

I.honest [Brit ˈɒnɪst, Am ˈɑnəst] ADJ

1. honest (truthful):

honest person

intègre

honest account, answer

sincère

to be honest about sth

être honnête au sujet de qc

the honest truth

la pure vérité

2. honest (trustworthy):

honest

honnête

3. honest (sincere):

honest face

franc/franche

honest attempt

fait de bon cœur

to be honest with sb

être franc avec qn

to be honest with oneself

être honnête avec soi-même

to be less than honest with sb

ne pas être tout à fait franc avec qn

be honest!

sois franc!

to be honest, …

à dire vrai…

4. honest (legal):

honest profit, money

honnêtement acquis

honest price

juste

by honest means

par des moyens légitimes

to make an honest living

gagner honnêtement sa vie

he's never done an honest day's work

il n'a jamais fait une vraie journée de travail de sa vie!

II.honest [Brit ˈɒnɪst, Am ˈɑnəst] INTERJ

it wasn't me, honest inf or honest to God!

ce n'était pas moi, parole d'honneur!

honest to goodness or honest to God, have you any sense!

mais, ma parole, n'as-tu aucun bon sens!

III.honest [Brit ˈɒnɪst, Am ˈɑnəst]

to make an honest woman of sb hum

épouser qn

honest broker N POL

honest broker

honnête courtier m

honest-to-goodness ADJ

1. honest-to-goodness (simple):

honest-to-goodness holiday, meal

simple

2. honest-to-goodness Am (authentic):

honest-to-goodness

véritable

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endearingly honest

d'une honnêteté touchante

scrupulously honest/fair/clean

d'une honnêteté/équité/propreté scrupuleuse

outspokenly honest, feminist etc

carrément

brutally honest/frank

d'une honnêteté/franchise brutale

to be brutally honest

pour être honnête

Translations for honest in the French»English Dictionary

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probe

upright, honest

intègre

honest

sincère (franc) opinion, portrait

honest

sois sincère pour une fois!

be honest for once!

honest in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for honest in the English»French Dictionary

honest [ˈɒnɪst, Am ˈɑ:nɪst] ADJ

honest

honnête

honest-to-goodness ADJ

honest-to-goodness

vrai(e)

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fundamentally honest

foncièrement honnête

honest to goodness

vrai de vrai

Translations for honest in the French»English Dictionary

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intègre vie, juge

honest

honnête personne

honest

honnête personne

honest

être honnête avec soi-même

to be honest with oneself

honnête

honest

loyal(e) adversaire

honest

sincère ami, repentir, explication, réponse

honest

propre affaire, argent

honest

se vouloir honnête

to like to think of oneself as honest

honest Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

honest to goodness

vrai de vrai

fundamentally honest

foncièrement honnête

to like to think of oneself as honest

se vouloir honnête

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He also said that the incident's not the fault of the teams, to be honest with you.

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He is receiving money from clients, hiring hardworking honest people and not paying them.

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I believe some of them are honest men, but not many.

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Ash is prone to talk about the working man and people making an honest living (which he seems to erroneously think includes himself).

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While the narrator's speech might be limited, the tone is unavoidably honest.

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The people of this country are all tall and honest.

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His movement tries to reclaim this city for its honest citizens.

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His sculpture works for some ordinary people in our daily life express the sincere and honest vitalities, penetrating into a great many peoples heart.

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I thoughtand feltthat the moment was painfully honest.

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Be honest even if others are not, be honest even if others can not, be honest even if others will not.

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