authentic

English

Alternative forms

authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “principal, genuine”), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ɒ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/

Adjective

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)

Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
The report was completely authentic.

an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.
  And then they believe him, not for his own authority, but for a truth's sake, which they derive from elsewhere: to what end then should they cite him as authentic for episcopacy, when they cannot know what is authentic in him, but by the judgment which they brought with them, and not by any judgment which they might safely learn from him?

Synonyms

(of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
(conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked

Antonyms

(not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine

Derived terms

Terms derived from authentic

authenticist

Translations

of undisputed origin

Bulgarian: автенти́чен (bg) (avtentíčen)
Catalan: autèntic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 真實 (zh), 真实 (zh) (zhēnshí), 真正 (zh) (zhēnzhèng), 確 (zh), 确 (zh) (què), 真確 (zh), 真确 (zh) (zhēnquè), 正宗 (zh) (zhèngzōng)
Czech: pravý (cs), autentický (cs), originální (cs)
Danish: autentisk
Esperanto: aŭtentika (eo)
Estonian: ehtne
Finnish: aito (fi), autenttinen (fi)
French: authentique (fr)
Galician: auténtico (gl) m
Georgian: სარწმუნო (sarc̣muno), ავთენტური (avtenṭuri)
German: echt (de), wahr (de)
Greek: αυθεντικός (el) m (afthentikós)
Ancient Greek: αὐθεντικός (authentikós)
Ido: autentika (io)
Italian: autentico (it)
Japanese: 本物の (ja) (ほんものの, honmono no), 真正な (ja) (しんせいな, shinsei na)

Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 진정하다 (ko) (jinjeonghada), 진짜의 (ko) (jinjjaui)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tūturu, motuhēhē, horopū
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: autentisk

Nynorsk: autentisk
Portuguese: autêntico (pt)
Romanian: autentic (ro), adevărat (ro)
Russian: по́длинный (ru) (pódlinnyj), достове́рный (ru) (dostovérnyj), аутенти́чный (ru) (autɛntíčnyj)
Spanish: auténtico (es)
Swedish: autentisk (sv)
Thai: แท้ (th) (tɛ́ɛ), จริง (th) (jing)
Tibetan: ངོ་མ (ngo ma)
Turkish: gerçek (tr), hakiki (tr), otantik (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: עכט‎ (ekht)

conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief

Bulgarian: достове́рен (bg) (dostovéren)
Catalan: autèntic (ca)
Czech: hodnověrný, autentický (cs), věrohodný
Esperanto: aŭtentika (eo)
Estonian: tõeline (et)
Finnish: autenttinen (fi)
Galician: auténtico (gl) m
German: authentisch (de)

Greek: αυθεντικός (el) (afthentikós)
Korean: 확실한 (hwaksilhan)
Maori: houtete
Portuguese: autêntico (pt)
Romanian: autentic (ro)
Russian: достове́рный (ru) (dostovérnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach
Turkish: gerçek (tr), hakiki (tr)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} barántúil

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