Genuine

  

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Genuine

Definition: Genuine

Genuine

Adjective

1. Not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather".

2. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief".

3. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "genuine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: Genuine

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

Terms applied to wines which are reliable as regards purity, variety and origin. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Genuine

Synonyms: actual (adj), echt (adj), literal (adj), real (adj), true(a) (adj), unfeigned (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: counterfeit (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Genuine

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inexpedience

Good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior; above par; nice, fine; genuine; (true).

Truth

Genuine, authentic, legitimate; orthodox; a; official, ex officio.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Genuine

English words defined with "genuine": Acroamatical, actual, attest, attested, authenticatedback, back up, Bank-note detector, base, bastardcanon, Collation of seals, Comparison of hands, counterfeitdocumentedechtfake, false, faux, feigned, fob off, foist offgenuineness, Guildingimitation, imitative, In grain, Interpolator, Intrinsic valueliteralmongrel, Mummy wheatnearOil of birchpalm off, Pharisaism, Pistic, probate, probate will, pseudo, pucka, pukkareal, Real servitudesimulated, sincere, Soothfast, substantiate, syntheticTo congratulate one's self, True blue, True-born, True-bredunaffected, Unbrewed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "genuine": Abraham Newland, Acadine, authentic documentcuss a lot barbieDaughter of the Horseleech, Devil and Dr. Faustusemerald glassFactitious Disorderskremvaxle Royaume du Marocmutually satisfactory agreementNUTS 3obtaining a false certificate by fraudparticipative management, participative supervision, pearl peeler, PEARL RESTORER, precious topazSons of God, synthetic stonevalue added network service. (references)
Etymologies containing "genuine": Unbrewed. (references)

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Modern Usage: Genuine

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm a genuine countess with a lot of dough, and if that's your wife she's a tub of guts (The Purple Rose of Cairo; writing credit: Woody Allen.)

People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You two are going to Farro Island and find me a genuine monster whether he exists or not (Kingukongu tai Gojira; writing credit: Bruce Howard; Paul Mason)

Genuine, double-rectified bust head (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

Steele's a genuine hero (Balto; writing credit: David Cohen; Elana Lesser)

Lyrics

You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

Clever

Genuine imitation (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Genuine (1920)

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Commercial Usage: Genuine

DomainTitle

References

  • Genuine Parts Co: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • 7614 Black Book of Common Prayer 1928 Ed Genuine Leather (reference)

  • Genuine Lies (reference)

  • Genuine Value : The John Deere Journey (reference)

  • New American Standard Ultrathin Reference Bible; Black Genuine Leather (reference)

  • The Holy Bible King James Version: Blue Genuine Leather, Compact Quick Reference in Large Print (King James Version) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Fantom XFH239 Genuine Fantom HEPA Filter for Thunderbolt (reference)

  • Fantom XFH740 3 Genuine Fantom HEPA Filters for Twister FM740 (reference)

  • Fantom XFH760 Genuine Fantom HEPA Filter for Twister FM760 (reference)

  • Occidental Leather 5022O Genuine Leather Knee Pads (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Image Slideshow: Genuine

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Genuine

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O & C title: genuine settlers 160 acre limit. Credit: Unknown.

The Tory mill. The original genuine experiment is published this day. Credit: Library of Congress.

Our only true medical diploma since 1871--none other genuine / Why Dr. Carl Both refused to pay further assessments to the Mass. Medical Society (Suffolk District). Credit: Library of Congress.

Yes, this er Professor Van Dyke says there are only thirty-five genuine Rembrandts ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Civilization builders. Lady, today I must tell you that coat is not genuine Alaska ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The Great Pawnee Bill shows. The only genuine wild west. Touring America ... Credit: Library of Congress.

A. Thomas & Son celebrated grape brand genuine chewing tobacco. Credit: Library of Congress.

The old water power. Kenyon's genuine Rhode Island johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress.

People's Progressive Party, XX Congress towards a genuine people's revolutionary government, Annandale, 4-6 Aug. '79. Credit: Library of Congress.

PPP, 5 demands for genuine independence. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Genuine

AuthorQuotation

Abd-el-raham

I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen.

Baruch Spinoza

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness. Happiness is the rational understanding of life and the world.

Honore De Balzac

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Horace Greeley

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article is genuine.

Rufus Choate

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for reading.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The man that hath no music in his soul" can indeed never be a genuine poet.

Schiller

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

W. Nevins

Genuine benevolence is not stationary, but peripatetic; it goes about doing good.

Washington Irving

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

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Historic Usage: Genuine

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

By common-wealth, I must be understood all along to mean, not a democracy, or any form of government, but any independent community, which the Latines signified by the word civitas, to which the word which best answers in our language, is common-wealth, and most properly expresses such a society of men, which community or city in English does not; for there may be subordinate communities in a government; and city amongst us has a quite different notion from common-wealth: and therefore, to avoid ambiguity, I crave leave to use the word common-wealth in that sense, in which I find it used by King James the first; and I take it to be its genuine signification; which if any body dislike, I consent with him to change it for a better. (Second Treatise of Government)

United Nations

1948

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. (reference)

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Use in Literature: Genuine

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

As Harriet described it, there had been an interesting mixture of wounded affection and genuine delicacy in their behaviour

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

This seems to me to be genuine charity

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He gave, moreover, some of those repartees which certainly have in them the genuine sparkle

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

He was so genuine and unsophisticated that no introduction would serve to introduce him, more than if you introduced a woodchuck to your neighbor

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Non-Fiction Usage: Genuine

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

U.S. suppliers/manufacturers of genuine and after-market automotive parts are already well known for their products. (references)

New Zealand has no regulations that prevent used or imitation automotive parts being used in replace of genuine parts. (references)

To remedy this latter problem, STPS officials require evidence that unions are genuine and representative before registering them. (references)

Children

Peru

The Government does not allocate sufficient funds to make genuine integration of persons with disabilities into the economy possible. (references)

Civil Liberties

Korea

Genuine religious freedom does not exist. (references)

South Africa

A ruling by the Supreme Court in 1998 decreed that journalists who could prove that they had taken all the steps necessary to verify that the information they obtained was genuine and that the articles published as a consequence were reasonable and not negligent would not be liable for defamation. (references)

Economic History

Equatorial Guinea

It has been criticized for not implementing genuine democratic reforms. (references)

Uk

The OFT seeks to ensure that the franchise promotes a genuine product or service, and is not a pyramid sales scheme. (references)

Vietnam

Warranties are also an effective marketing tool to assure customers that they are buying a genuine, high quality product. (references)

Human Rights

Honduras

Defendants and their attorneys are not always genuine participants in the process, despite rights accorded under law. (references)

Pakistan

The Musharraf Government stated that it would not target genuine business failures or small defaulters and does not appear to have done so. The NAB was given broad powers to prosecute corruption cases, and the accountability courts were expected to try such cases within 30 days. (references)

Indigenous People

Namibia

In some cases, the Government has withheld recognition from genuine traditional leaders who have sympathy for the political opposition. (references)

Minorities

Indonesia

Both male and female converts later were forced to undergo circumcision to prove that they were genuine Muslims, despite the fact that Muslim women in Maluku were not customarily circumcised. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

Government officials have said that their laws reflect genuine concern for the protection of intellectual property. (references)

Liberia

These were followed by UN sanctions in May 2001. The U.S. believes that democracy and genuine respect for human rights coupled with transparency and accountability in government remain the best paths for sustainable economic growth. (references)

Political Rights

Liberia

The legislature did not exercise genuine independence from the executive branch. (references)

Singapore

This threat heightened concerns among some observers about voters' genuine freedom to change their government. (references)

Croatia

The Citizenship Law and electoral legislation grant citizenship, and thereby the right to vote, on purely ethnic grounds to ethnic Croats abroad with no genuine link to the country. (references)

Trade

Bahamas

A genuine invoice (original or copy) is required. (references)

Netherlands

The Dutch tendency to support a level playing field in trade matters and their depth of experience in trade positions them as the genuine "neutral" traders of Europe. (references)

Travel

Romania

Romanians have genuine regard and admiration for Americans. (references)

Worker Rights

Afghanistan

The country lacks a tradition of genuine labor-management bargaining. (references)

Bulgaria

They also believe it impedes the opportunity for a genuine trade union to represent medical professionals. (references)

China

However, the development of genuine collective bargaining remained more potential than real during the year. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Genuine

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

Genuine cuts did occur in the federal budget during the Clinton-Gore years in the area of defense.

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Speeches: Genuine

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The devising and establishing of a well regulated militia would be a genuine source of legislative honor and a perfect title to public gratitude.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953One proposition is that lasting peace requires genuine understanding and active cooperation among the most powerful nations.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We are ready to support a political solution that guarantees the rapid withdrawal of all Soviet troops and genuine self-determination for the Afghan people.

George Bush

1989-1993I know, tonight, in some regions of our country, people are in genuine economic distress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Genuine

"Genuine" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Genuine" is used about 3,326 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3,3262,877

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Genuine

CountryName
USA

Genuine Parts Co

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Genuine

Expressions using "genuine": genuine bristol genuine document genuine parchment. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "genuine": genuine-colonial, genuine-the.

Ending with "genuine": non-genuine.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Genuine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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89

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13

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81

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12

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72

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12

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64

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12

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59

genuine mitsubishi part

12

genuine ford part

50

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12

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38

genuine steel

11

genuine part company

33

diamond genuine seiko seiko silvertone watch watch

11

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26

genuine auto part

11

nissan genuine part

24

2002 accessory escort ford genuine

11

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23

genuine goods home sonoma

10

genuine risk

19

genuine picture

10

bracelet diamond emerald genuine our ruby sapphire

19

3.0 fractal genuine

9

collection designer genuine leather luggage

18

genuine mazda part

9

elegant fox genuine jacke leather

18

genuine suspension

9

genuine honda accessory

17

acura genuine part

9

genuine ford accessory

17

ford genuine parts.com

9

singer genuine

17

company genuine jean sonoma

9
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Modern Translation: Genuine

Language Translations for "genuine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

jo i shtirë, i vërtetë (actual, authentic, bona fide, downright, effective, faithful, flesh and blood, objective, perfect, positive, practical, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i çiltër (artless, candid, direct, downright, forthright, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

حر (free, to liberate), ‏حقيقي (actual, authentic, effective, essential, factual, intrinsic, intrinsical, positive, proper, real, realistic, right, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, veritable, very), ‏غير زائف (bona fide, real), ‏صميم (absolute, bottom, core), ‏صادق (befriend, bona fide, chum, endorse, friend, honest, indorse, plain spoken, real, sanction, sincere, true, truthful, unaffected, unfeigned, veracious, whole-hearted), ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏أصيل (evening, original, proper, purebred, quaint, sincere, thoroughbred, trueborn, well bred). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

оригинален (novel, original, patent, picturesque, protoplastic, provocative, unconventional, unhackneyed, unworn), автентичен (authentic, original, real, simon-pure), истински (actual, authentic, authentically, bona fide, factual, for real, genuinely, good, honest, mere, natural, par excellence, positive, precious, proper, pucka, pukka, pure, real, regular, regularly, right, right-down, sheer, simon-pure, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, true, true blue, true born, truly, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veridical, veritable, very, virtual), искрен (bona fide, candid, cordial, deep-felt, devout, earnest, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

真正 (real, true). (various references)

   

Czech

  

upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), skuteèný (actual, effective, existent, existing, great, historical, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, real, true, very, virtual), ryzí (fine, pure, sincere, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unsophisticated), pravý (authentic, direct, good, proper, real, right, straight, true, true born, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, very), originální (imaginative, novel, original, quaint), opravdový (authentic, earnest, real, serious, sincere, undisguised, veritable), nelíèený (artless, unconcealed), nefalšovaný (unadulterated, unsophisticated), autentický (authentic). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ægte (authentic, true). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onvervalst (authentic), authentiek (authentic). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

aŭtentika (authentic). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

ektaður (authentic), álítandi (authentic, reliable, trustworthy). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

واقعی (Actual, Essential, Lifelike, Literal, Real, Right, Sterling, True, Unfeigned, Veracious, Veritable, Very, Virtual), حقیقی (Actual, Intrinsic, Real, Rightful, True, Unfeigned, Veracious), خالص (Absolute, Downright, Heartfelt, Limpid, Net, Pure, Sheer, Unadulterated, Unalloyed), اصلی (Arch, Basic, Cardinal, Elementary, Essential, Fundametal, Germinal, Head, Immanent, Ingrown, Inherent, Initial, Innate, Intrinsic, Main, Net, Original, Primary, Prime, Primordial, Principal, Seminal), اصل (Element, Germ, Inception, Maxim, Mother, Motif, Paternity, Point, Principle, Provenance, Quintessence, Real, Root, Stem, Strain), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Exact, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aito (real, true). (various references)

   

French

  

authentique. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

autentyk (authentic). (various references)

   

German

  

echt (authentic, bona fide, fast, genuinely, legit, natural, positively, proper, properly, pukka, real, really, sincere, thorough, true, truthful, typical, unaffected, unfeigned, veritable), wirklich (absolutely, actual, factual, genuinely, indeed, intrinsic, intrinsically, just, literally, objective, objectively, positively, practical, proper, quite, real, really, substantial, sure enough, true, truly), authentisch (authentic, perfect, true). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθαρός (aboveboard, clean, clear, sheer, utter), γνήσιοσ (authentic, simon-pure, sterling, true born), γνήσιος (authentic, original), βέροσ (native born, true, true blue), αυθεντικός (authentic), αληθινόσ, αληθήσ (true, truthful, veritable, very). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משולם (paid up), אמתי (actual, real, sincere, true, truthful), טבעי (inbred, natural, unstudied). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

valódi (actual, authentic, intrinsic, intrinsical, proper, pure, real, simon-pure, sterling, substantial, true, true born, true to the core, veritable, very), hiteles (authentic, crediting, documentary, pukka, true, trustworthy, unexceptional), eredeti (aboriginal, initial, native, novel, original, primaeval, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primordial, pristine, true, unsophisticated). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

wajar (natural, without deceit), tulen (original), totok (native, original), sejati (real, true), asli (authentic, autochthnous, original). (various references)

   

Italian

  

genuino (authentic, honest, natural, racy, true, unadulterated, veritable). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(Buddhist sect originating in the thirteenth century, due, game, genuineness, hunting, just, pure, reality, right, true, truth). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きっすい (draft, natural-born, pure, sea gauge), しょうし"しょうめい (authentic), し"の (real, true, utter), し"せい (a new government or administration, application, authentic, dignity, direct Imperial rule, disposition, divinity, holiness, inborn nature, mind, nascent, nature, new birth, new face, new system, nova, petition, pure, rebirth, request, sacredness, theocracy, true), (demon, devil, due, evil spirit evil influence, just, pause, pure, right, room, space, time, true), ほ"ば (best place, center, galloping horse, habitat, home, runaway horse), ほ"かくてき (earnest, full-dress, fundamental, normal, real, regular, typical), じゅ"すい (pure, pure water, true, unmixed), じゅ"せい (perfect, pure, quasar), じゅ"りょう (gentle, good and obedient, innocent, meek, net weight, pure, purity, simple and kind). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

진짜 (real). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, earnest, faithful, forthcoming, frank, honest, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, sincere, straightforward, truthful, undeviating), jeelys (devoted, faithful, firm, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true-hearted). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

outéntiko (authentic). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enuinegay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

autentyczny (authentic). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

autêntico (authentic, natural, pucka, pukka, pure, real, round, sterling, true, true-born, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, very), genuíno (bona fide, good, mere, natural, pucka, pukka, pure, round, solid, sterling, true). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

gol (abyss, bald, bare, bare-bodied, barren, blank, blankness, desert, deserted, empty, gap, hollow, hollowness, inanity, leafless, naked, nakedly, nude, out at, shallow, stripped, uncovered, vacancy, vacuum, void, waste, windy), veritabil (authentic, real, regular, right, sheer, staunch, sterling, true, unadulterated, veritable), sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), serios (appreciable, demure, earnest, earnestly, grave, gravely, grievously, important, in earnest, in good earnest, intimate, matronal, minded, reliable, sad, sedate, serious, serious minded, seriously, seriousness, severe, sober, solemn, solid, staid, steady, stern, valid, weighty, well-conducted), pur (absolute, chaste, clean, clear, fine, immaculate, mere, modest, pure, sheer, simple, stainless, unmixed, virginal, white), original (air hole, archetype, authentic, creative, eccentric, first hand, odd, original, originally, peculiar, queer, real, true, unique), neprefãcut (candid, natural, unfeigned), natural (careless, certainly, easy, home-bred, innocent, kind, lifelike, matter of course, native, natural, naturally, physical, primitive, real, reasonably, simple, undisguised, unsophisticated, unvarnished), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), autentic (authentic, certified, exemplified, patent, right, true, very), adevãrat (actual, correct, forsooth, honestly, in truth, indeed, positive, positively, proper, quite right, real, really and truly, regular, sheer, sooth, Square, stark, true, truthful, veraciously, veritable, very). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

генуинный, неподдельный (inartificial, native, unaffected, unfeigned), подлинный (authentic, original, simon-pure, true, uncoined, veritable), истинный (proper, true, unfeigned, veritable), искренний (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, outspoken, sincere, single minded, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, wholehearted, whole-hearted, wholeheartedly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

fìor (pure : fìoruisge, pure spring water, true). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pravi (ortho-, plumb, proper, pucka, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, stark, sterling, thorough, true), iskren (above board, blunt, candid, childlike, downright, fair dealing, forthright, frank, free-spoken, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

genuino (authentic, pukka, sterling, true), auténtico (authentic, bona fide, pukka, real, realistic, real-life, simon-pure, solid, true, unfailing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oförfalskad (unadulterated, undiluted), genuint, gedigen (clean, native, pure, solid, sterling, workmanlike, workmanly), äkta (arrant, authentic, espouse, inartificial, kosher, legit, real, regular, right-down, true, true blue, veritable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, exact, fact, factual, for real, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), saf (absolute, all, artless, candid, clean, clear, country bumpkin, credulous, deceivable, dewy-eyed, distilled, dupe, elemental, elementary, entire, facile, fine, greenhorn, gudgeon, guileless, gull, gullible, harmless, homespun, honest, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, juggins, mere, naïve, pigeon, pristine, pure, pure-minded, rank, raw, real, refined, simple, simple minded, simple simon, simple-hearted, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncontaminated, undiluted, unmixed, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, untutored, unworldly, witless), içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, faithful, familiar, forthright, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted), içi dışı bir (outgoing, sincere, straight out), hilesiz (above board, guileless, honest, straightforward, unadulterated), hakiki (bona fide, dinkum, dyed in the wool, pucka, pukka, real, rightful, sterling, straight out, true, veritable), özgün (characteristic, distinctive, individual, inventive, peculiar, typical, unique, way out), öz (compact, compendious, content, core, cream, distillate, distillation, elixir, entity, epitome, essence, essential oil, extract, extraction, full, gist, goodness, guts, heartbeat, kernel, marrow, matter, meat, medulla, nucleus, own, pith, pith and marrow, pulp, quick, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, stuff, substance, substantiality, substratum, sum, whole). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tьяs (just like, real), hakyky. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

істинний (apparent, veritable), справжній (active, actual, authentic, factual, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, practical, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), щирий (candid, cordial, devout, earnest, heartfelt, hearty, ingenuous, onefold, open armed, outspoken, pure-minded, simple, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, whole-hearted, whole-souled). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xác thực th nh thật, thật (actual, really, regular, sterling, substantial, true, truly), chính cống (true-born), chân thật (artless, bluff, heart-whole, hearty, onefold, open-hearted, right-minded, round, simple-minded, single-hearded). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwirioneddol (actual, real, true), dilys (authentic, certain, sure), diledryw (pure), diffuant (sincere, unfeigned). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Genuine

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

genu, genuinus, germanam, germane, germanus, incorrupti, incorruptum, incorruptus, legitima, legitimam, legitime, legitimis, legitimum, pistici, pura, puram, puras, purior, purissimam, purissimas, purissimi, purissimo, purissimum, puritatem, puro, purum, purus, sincera, sinceram, sinceriter, sincerus. (various references)

Old French900-1400

franc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Genuine

Derivations

Words beginning with "genuine": genuinely, genuineness, genuinenesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Genuine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gakuin, Gasunie, Gendin, Geneina, genin, geniune, genoan, genuie, genuin, gen-u-ine, Genung, ginuine, neguibe, Renquin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Genuine"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "genuine" (pronounced je"nyuwun or je"nyuwwī'n)
3-w u nanyone, harlequin, penguin.
3-w ī' nequine.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Genuine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ingenue.

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-n-u"

-1 letter: engine.

-2 letters: ennui, genie.

-3 letters: gene, genu, gien, nene, nine.

-4 letters: eng, gee, gen, gie, gin, gnu, gun, inn, nee, nun.

-5 letters: en, in, ne, nu, un.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-n-u"
 

+1 letter: ingenues, queening, unseeing.

 

+2 letters: genuinely, gunneries, neutering, unfeeling, unfeigned, unfreeing, unheeding, unreeling, unreeving, unweeting.

 

+3 letters: ensanguine, indulgence, insurgence, integument, neurogenic, pungencies, quietening, sequencing, unfreezing, unleveling, unsteeling.

 

+4 letters: encumbering, ensanguined, ensanguines, enucleating, enumerating, eventuating, extenuating, frequenting, genuineness, indulgences, ingenuities, insurgences, integuments, interregnum, maneuvering, monseigneur, multiengine, mutineering, outpreening, renumbering, supervening, unbelieving, unbeseeming, unbreeching, undeceiving, undereating, undersigned, undeserving, unendearing, unfeelingly, unfeignedly, unfettering, unkenneling, unlevelling, unrelenting, untethering, unweetingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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