Genuine — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not fake or counterfeit

not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɛnjuːɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɛnjuːɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɛnjuːɪn/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈɛnjuːɪn/.

Examples

a genuine Picasso
genuine leather
genuine emotion

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unfeigned true echt real literal actual

Antonyms

counterfeit

Parts of Speech

adjective	not fake or counterfeit “a genuine Picasso”
adjective	not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed “genuine emotion”
adjective	being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; ; - G.K.Chesterton “her actual motive”

Word Forms

genuineness	noun	undisputed credibility
literalness	noun	adhereing to the concrete construal of something
realness	noun	the state of being actual or real
reality	noun	the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

echt

nicht gefälscht oder gefälscht

🇫🇷French

authentique

pas de faux ou de contrefaçon

🇪🇸Spanish

genuino

no falso o falsificado

🇮🇹Italian

genuino

non falso o contraffatto

🇳🇱Dutch

oprecht

niet nep of namaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

genuíno

não é falso ou falsificado

🇷🇺Russian

подлинный

не подделка и не подделка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असली

नकली या बनावटी नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রকৃত

জাল বা নকল নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மையான

போலி அல்லது போலி அல்ல

🇮🇳Telugu

నిజమైన

నకిలీ లేదా నకిలీ కాదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अस्सल

बनावट किंवा बनावट नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસલી

નકલી કે નકલી નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಜವಾದ

ನಕಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ನಕಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

യഥാർത്ഥമായ

വ്യാജമോ വ്യാജമോ അല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸਲੀ

ਜਾਅਲੀ ਜਾਂ ਨਕਲੀ ਨਹੀਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

حقیقی

جعلی یا جعلی نہیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

真的

不是假货或假冒的

🇯🇵Japanese

本物

偽物でも偽造品でもない

🇰🇷Korean

진실한

위조나 위조가 아닌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thành thật

không giả mạo hoặc giả mạo

🇹🇭Thai

แท้จริง

ไม่ใช่ของปลอมหรือของปลอม

🇮🇩Indonesian

asli

tidak palsu atau palsu

🇵🇭Filipino

tunay

hindi peke o peke

🇲🇾Malay

tulen

bukan tiruan atau tiruan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أصيل

ليست مزيفة أو مزيفة

🇮🇷Persian

اصیل

جعلی یا تقلبی نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

eşsiz

sahte veya sahte değil

🇮🇱Hebrew

אמיתי

לא מזויף או מזויף

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The primary meaning of 'genuine' is 'not fake or counterfeit'.

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