earnest

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
2. Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

Verb

To be serious with; use in earnest.

Adj

1. Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
2. Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
4. Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
5. Strenuous; diligent.
6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

Verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of earn

Concepts

sérieux

sincère

ardent

urgent

authentique

normal

standard

typique

grave

sérieusement

solennel

cher

coûteux

dévot

chaleureux

zélé

acompte

arrhes

franc

net

réel

véridique

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɝ.nɪst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English ernest, eornest, from Old English eornest, eornost, eornust (“earnestness, zeal, seriousness, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to cause to move, arouse, increase”). Cognate with West Frisian earnst (“earnest, seriousness”), Dutch ernst (“seriousness, gravity, earnest”), German Ernst (“seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour”), Icelandic ern (“brisk, vigorous”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba, “secure, certain, sure”).
The adjective is from Middle English eornest, from Old English eornoste (“earnest, zealous, serious”), from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian ernste (“earnest”), Middle Low German ernest, ernst (“serious, earnest”), German ernst (“serious, earnest”).