genuine

English Online Dictionary. What means genuine‎? What does genuine mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
• 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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:genuine

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• genus

Translations

Further reading

• “genuine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “genuine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• U engine, unigene, ingenue, ingénue, eugenin, Guienne

German

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

genuine

1. inflection of genuin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

genuine

1. feminine plural of genuino

Anagrams

• ingenue, unigene

Latin

Adjective

genuīne

1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

Swedish

Adjective

genuine

1. definite natural masculine singular of genuin