genuine

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

• enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/

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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

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• 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/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne

genuine

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

genuine

1. feminine plural of genuino

• ingenue, unigene

genuīne

1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

genuine

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of genuin.