authentic

English

Alternative forms

• authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)

Etymology

From Old French autentique (Modern French authentique) , from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikόs, “principal, genuine”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ɒ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/

Adjective

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)

1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

   The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

   The report was completely authentic.

3. (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
4. (obsolete) Having authority.

Synonyms

• (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
• (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked

Antonyms

• (not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine

Derived terms

Terms derived from authentic

authentically authenticate authentication

authenticity authenticism

authenticist

Translations

of undisputed origin

• Bulgarian: автентичен (bg) (avtentíčen)
• Catalan: autèntic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真實 (cmn), 真实 (cmn) (zhēnshí), 真正 (cmn) (zhēnzhèng), 確 (cmn), 确 (cmn) (què), 真確 (cmn), 真确 (cmn) (zhēnquè), 正宗 (cmn) (zhèngzōng)

• Czech: pravý (cs), autentický (cs), originální (cs)
• Danish: autentisk (da)
• Esperanto: aŭtentika (eo)
• Finnish: aito (fi), autenttinen (fi)
• French: authentique (fr)
• Georgian: სარწმუნო (ka) (sarcmuno), ავთენტური (ka) (avt'enturi)
• German: echt (de), wahr (de)

• Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikós) m
• Italian: autentico (it)
• Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono-no), 真正な (ja) (しんせいな, shinsei-na)
• Korean: 진정한 (ko) (jinjeonghan), 진짜의 (ko) (jinjjaui)
• Norwegian: autentisk (no)
• Portuguese: autêntico (pt)
• Romanian: autentic (ro), adevărat (ro)
• Russian: подлинный (ru) (pódlinnyj), достоверный (ru) (dostovérnyj), аутентичный (ru) (autɛntíčnyj)
• Spanish: auténtico (es)
• Swedish: autentisk (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief

• Bulgarian: достоверен (bg) (dostovéren)
• Catalan: autèntic (ca)
• Czech: hodnověrný (cs), autentický (cs), věrohodný (cs)
• Esperanto: aŭtentika (eo)
• Finnish: autenttinen (fi)
• German: authentisch (de)

• Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikós) m
• Korean: 확실한 (ko) (hwaksilhan)
• Romanian: autentic (ro)
• Russian: достоверный (ru) (dostovérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach (gd)

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