genuine

English

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(key): /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn

Adjective

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
  2. not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
    a genuine text;  a genuine production;  genuine materials
    Synonyms: authentic, real, natural, true, pure

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Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡenuˈiːnə/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne

Adjective

genuine

  1. inflected form of genuin

Italian

Adjective

genuine

  1. feminine plural of genuino

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Latin

Adjective

genuīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

genuine

  1. definite singular of genuin
  2. plural form of genuin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

genuine

  1. definite singular of genuin
  2. plural form of genuin

Swedish

Adjective

genuine

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.
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