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Webster 1828 Edition

Genuine

GEN'UINE

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Adj.
[L. genuinus, from enus, or its root. See Gender.]
Native; belonging to the original stock; hence, real; natural; true; pure; not spurious, false or adulterated. The Gaels are supposed to be genuine descendants of the Celts. Vices and crimes are the genuine effects of depravity, as virtue and piety are the genuine fruits of holiness. It is supposed we have the genuine text of Homer.

Definition 2024

genuine

genuine

English

Adjective

genuine ‎(comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

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

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External links

  • 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

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genuine

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.

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/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn

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