genuine

English

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Etymology

From Latin genuinus (“innate, native, natural”), from gignere, from Old Latin genere (“to beget, produce”); see genus; or genu (“knee”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA: /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn

Adjective

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

   a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials

Synonyms

• authentic
• real
• natural
• true
• See also Wikisaurus:genuine

Antonyms

• fake
• ingenuine

Related terms

• genus

Translations

real, authentic

Central Kurdish: ڕه‌سه‌ن (Rasan) Chinese: Mandarin: 真正 (cmn) (zhēnzhèng), 真誠 (cmn), 真诚 (cmn) (zhēnchéng) Czech: pravý (cs) Danish: ægte (da), original (da) Dutch: echt (nl), authentiek (nl), origineel (nl) Finnish: aito (fi), todellinen (fi) French: authentique (fr) German: echt (de), original (de), genuin (de) Hebrew: מקורי (he) (mekori), אמתי (he) (amiti) Hungarian: eredeti (hu), valódi (hu) Ido: autentika Indonesian: tulen (id)

Italian: genuino (it) Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono-no) Norwegian: ekte (no), genuin (no) Polish: prawdziwy (pl), autentyczny (pl) Portuguese: genuíno (pt) m., autêntico (pt) m., legítimo (pt) m. Russian: подлинный (ru) (pódlinnyj), настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij), истинный (ru) (ístinnyj) Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh (gd) Slovak: pravý (sk) m., pravá (sk) f., pravé (sk) n. Spanish: genuino (es), auténtico (es), legítimo (es), verdadero (es) Swedish: genuin (sv) Turkish: orijinal (tr), gerçek (tr) Volapük: legik (vo)

External links

• genuine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• genuine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Guienne, ingenue, ingénue

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˌɡenuːˈiːnɐ
• Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne

Adjective

genuine

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Italian

Adjective

genuine f.

1. feminine plural form of genuino

Anagrams

• ingenue

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Latin

Adjective

genuīne

1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

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Swedish

Adjective

genuine

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.