genuine

From Latin genuinus (“innate, native, natural”), from gignere, from Old Latin genere (“to beget, produce”); see genus; or genu (“knee”).

• enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈdʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
2. not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

   a genuine text;  a genuine production;  genuine materials; genuine friendship

• authentic
• real
• natural
• (British dialectal) lubish
• true
• uncounterfeited
• See also Thesaurus:genuine

• fake
• ingenuine

• genus

• genuine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• genuine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingénue, unigene

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡenuˈiːnə/
• Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne

genuine

1. inflection of genuin:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

genuine

1. Feminine plural of adjective genuino.

• ingenue

genuīne

1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural form of genuin

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural form of genuin

genuine

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.