genuine
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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From Latin genuinus (“innate, native, natural”), from gignere, from Old Latin genere (“to beget, produce”); see genus; or genu (“knee”).
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn
AdjectiveEdit
genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
- Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
- a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship
SynonymsEdit
- authentic
- real
- natural
- (British dialectal) lubish
- true
- uncounterfeited
- See also Thesaurus:genuine
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TranslationsEdit
from the original stock; native
real, authentic
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Further readingEdit
- genuine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genuine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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genuine
- inflection of genuin:
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genuine
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genuīne
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genuine
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genuine
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genuine
- absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.