English genuine definition Etymology From Latin genuinus ( “ innate, native, natural ” ) , from gignere Old Latin genere ( “ to beget , produce ” ) ; see genus
Pronunciation enPR : jěnʹyo͞oĭn' , jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA (key ) : /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/ , /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn , -ɛnjuːaɪn Adjective genuine (comparative more genuinesuperlative 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