English genuine definition
Etymology
From Latin genuinus ( “ innate, native, natural ” ) , from gignere , from Old Latin genere ( “ to beget , produce ” ) ; see genus .
Pronunciation
enPR : jěnʹyo͞oĭn' , jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA (key ) : /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/ , /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn , -ɛnjuːaɪn
Adjective
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
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:genuine
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
from the original stock; native
real, authentic
Arabic: أَصْلِيّ ( ʾaṣliyy )
Hijazi Arabic: أصلي ( ʾaṣli )
Bashkir: ысын ( ısın )
Belarusian: сапра́ўдны (be) ( sapráŭdny )
Bulgarian: и́стински (bg) ( ístinski ) , оригина́лен (bg) ( originálen ) , автенти́чен (bg) ( avtentíčen )
Catalan: genuí (ca)
Central Kurdish: ڕەسەن (ku) ( resen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真正 (zh) ( zhēnzhèng ) , 真誠 (zh) , 真诚 (zh) ( zhēnchéng )
Czech: pravý (cs)
Danish: ægte (da) , original
Dutch: echt (nl) , authentiek (nl) , origineel (nl)
Finnish: aito (fi) , todellinen (fi)
French: authentique (fr)
Galician: xenuino m
Georgian : ნამდვილი ( namdvili ) , ჭეშმარიტი ( č̣ešmariṭi ) , უტყუარი ( uṭq̇uari ) , წრფელი ( c̣rpeli ) , გულწრფელი ( gulc̣rpeli )
German: echt (de) , original (de) , genuin (de)
Greek: γνήσ&iota ;ος (el) m ( gnísios )
Ancient: γνήσ&iota ;ος ( gnḗsios ) , ἀληθ& iota ;νός ( alēthinós ) , ἐτεός ( eteós )
Hebrew: מקורי (he) ( mekori ) , אמתי ( amiti )
Hungarian: eredeti (hu) , valódi (hu)
Ido: autentika (io)
Indonesian: tulen (id)
Italian: genuino (it)
Japanese: 本物の (ja) ( ほんものの, honmono no )
Korean: 성실하다 (ko) ( seongsilhada ) , 진짜의 (ko) ( jinjjaui )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: vērus (la)
Latvian: īsts , īstens
Macedonian: вистински ( vistinski )
Maori: motuhenga , houtupu , tinihangakore , horopū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ekte (no) , genuin
Nynorsk: ekte , genuin
Occitan: autentic (oc) , genuin , vertadièr (oc)
Polish: prawdziwy (pl) , autentyczny (pl)
Portuguese: genuíno (pt) m , autêntico (pt) m , legítimo (pt) m
Romanian: autentic (ro) , adevărat (ro)
Russian: по́длинный (ru) ( pódlinnyj ) , настоя́щий (ru) ( nastojáščij ) , и́стинный (ru) ( ístinnyj ) , аутенти́чный (ru) ( autɛntíčnyj ) , оригина́льный (ru) ( originálʹnyj )
Sanskrit: जेन्य (sa) ( jenya )
Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прави
Roman: pravi (sh)
Slovak: pravý
Spanish: genuino (es) , auténtico (es) , legítimo (es) , verdadero (es)
Swedish: genuin (sv) , äkta (sv)
Thai: จริง (th) ( jing ) , แท้ (th) ( tɛ́ɛ )
Turkish: orijinal (tr) , gerçek (tr) , hakiki (tr)
Ukrainian: спра́вжній ( správžnij )
Volapük: legik (vo)
Further reading
Anagrams
German genuine definition
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌɡenuˈiːnə/
Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne
Adjective
genuine
inflection of genuin :
strong / mixed nominative / accusative feminine singular
strong nominative / accusative plural
weak nominative all-gender singular
weak accusative feminine / neuter singular
Italian genuine definition
Adjective
genuine
feminine plural of genuino
Anagrams
Latin genuine definition
Adjective
genuīne
vocative masculine singular of genuīnus
Norwegian Bokmål genuine definition
Adjective
genuine
definite singular of genuin
plural of genuin
Norwegian Nynorsk genuine definition
Adjective
genuine
definite singular of genuin
plural of genuin
Swedish genuine definition
Adjective
genuine
absolute definite natural masculine singular of genuin .