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English
Etymology From Latin genuīnus ( “ innate, native, natural ” ) , from genus Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Pronunciation
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
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Translations from the original stock; native
real, authentic
Arabic: أَصْلِيّ ( ʔaṣliyy )
Hijazi Arabic: أصلي ( ʔaṣli )
Bashkir: ысын ( ısın )
Belarusian: сапра́ўдны (be) ( sapráŭdny )
Bulgarian: и́стински (bg) ( ístinski ) , оригина́лен (bg) ( originálen ) , автенти́чен (bg) ( avtentíčen )
Catalan: genuí (ca)
Central Kurdish: ڕەسەن (ckb) ( resen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真正 (zh) ( zhēnzhèng ) , 真誠 / 真诚 (zh) ( zhēnchéng )
Czech: pravý (cs)
Danish: ægte (da) , original
Dutch: echt (nl) , authentiek (nl) , origineel (nl)
Esperanto: aŭtentika (eo)
Estonian: ehtne tõeline (et) , päris
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: γνήσιος (el) m ( gnísios )
Ancient: γνήσιος ( gnḗsios ) , ἀληθινός ( alēthinós ) , ἐτεός ( eteós )
Hebrew: מקורי (he) ( mekori ) , אמתי ( amiti )
Hindi: सच (hi) m ( sac ) , वास्तविक (hi) ( vāstavik )
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 “genuine ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “genuine ”, in The Century Dictionary The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC
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German
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
Adjective genuine
feminine plural of genuino
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Latin
Adjective genuīne
vocative masculine singular of genuīnus
Adjective genuine
definite singular of genuin plural of genuin
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective genuine
definite singular of genuin plural of genuin
Swedish
Adjective genuine
definite natural masculine singular of genuin
