"genuine" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/ Audio: en-us-genuine.ogg [US] Forms: more genuine [comparative], most genuine [superlative]
enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn' Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn Etymology: From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{der|en|la|genuīnus||innate, native, natural}} Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), {{m|la|genus}} genus, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Head templates: {{en-adj}} genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)
  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
    Sense id: en-genuine-en-adj-~x1To0VN
  2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated Categories (topical): Personality Translations (real, authentic): γνήσιος (gnḗsios) (Ancient Greek), ἀληθινός (alēthinós) (Ancient Greek), ἐτεός (eteós) (Ancient Greek), أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy) (Arabic), أصلي (ʔaṣli) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ысын (ısın) (Bashkir), сапра́ўдны (sapráŭdny) (Belarusian), и́стински (ístinski) (Bulgarian), оригина́лен (originálen) (Bulgarian), автенти́чен (avtentíčen) (Bulgarian), genuí (Catalan), ڕەسەن (resen) (Central Kurdish), 真正 (zhēnzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 真誠 (Chinese Mandarin), 真诚 (zhēnchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), pravý (Czech), ægte (Danish), original (Danish), echt (Dutch), authentiek (Dutch), origineel (Dutch), aito (Finnish), todellinen (Finnish), authentique (French), xenuino [masculine] (Galician), ნამდვილი (namdvili) (Georgian), ჭეშმარიტი (č̣ešmariṭi) (Georgian), უტყუარი (uṭq̇uari) (Georgian), წრფელი (c̣rpeli) (Georgian), გულწრფელი (gulc̣rpeli) (Georgian), echt (German), original (German), genuin (German), γνήσιος (gnísios) [masculine] (Greek), מקורי (mekori) (Hebrew), אמתי (amiti) (Hebrew), eredeti (Hungarian), valódi (Hungarian), autentika (Ido), tulen (Indonesian), genuino (Italian), 本物の (honmono no) (alt: ほんものの) (Japanese), 성실하다 (seongsilhada) (Korean), 진짜의 (jinjjaui) (Korean), vērus (Latin), īsts (Latvian), īstens (Latvian), вистински (vistinski) (Macedonian), motuhenga (Maori), houtupu (Maori), tinihangakore (Maori), horopū (Maori), ekte (Norwegian Bokmål), genuin (Norwegian Bokmål), ekte (Norwegian Nynorsk), genuin (Norwegian Nynorsk), autentic (Occitan), genuin (Occitan), vertadièr (Occitan), prawdziwy (Polish), autentyczny (Polish), genuíno [masculine] (Portuguese), autêntico [masculine] (Portuguese), legítimo [masculine] (Portuguese), autentic (Romanian), adevărat (Romanian), по́длинный (pódlinnyj) (Russian), настоя́щий (nastojáščij) (Russian), и́стинный (ístinnyj) (Russian), аутенти́чный (autɛntíčnyj) (Russian), оригина́льный (originálʹnyj) (Russian), जेन्य (jenya) (Sanskrit), math dha-rìribh (Scottish Gaelic), прави [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pravi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pravý (Slovak), genuino (Spanish), auténtico (Spanish), legítimo (Spanish), verdadero (Spanish), genuin (Swedish), äkta (Swedish), จริง (jing) (Thai), แท้ (tɛ́ɛ) (Thai), orijinal (Turkish), gerçek (Turkish), hakiki (Turkish), спра́вжній (správžnij) (Ukrainian), legik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-genuine-en-adj-ZkiysYTo Disambiguation of Personality: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'real, authentic': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: sincere, heartfelt, undesigning Derived forms: genuine article, genuine fake, genuine issue of material fact Related terms: genus

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "ingenuine"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "genuine article"
    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more genuine",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most genuine",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "sincere"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "heartfelt"
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        "Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Belonging",
          "belong"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
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          "stock"
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "spurious",
          "spurious"
        ],
        [
          "adulterated",
          "adulterated"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaṣliyy",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "أَصْلِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaṣli",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "أصلي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "ısın",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ысын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sapráŭdny",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "сапра́ўдны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ístinski",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "и́стински"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "originálen",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "оригина́лен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "avtentíčen",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "автенти́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "resen",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ڕەسەن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēnzhèng",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "真正"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "真誠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēnchéng",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "真诚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "pravý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ægte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "original"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "echt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "authentiek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "origineel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "aito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "todellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "authentique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xenuino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "namdvili",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ნამდვილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣ešmariṭi",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ჭეშმარიტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uṭq̇uari",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "უტყუარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣rpeli",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "წრფელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gulc̣rpeli",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "გულწრფელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "echt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "original"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gnísios",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γνήσιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "gnḗsios",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "γνήσιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "alēthinós",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ἀληθινός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eteós",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ἐτεός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mekori",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "מקורי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "amiti",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "אמתי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "eredeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "valódi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "autentika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "tulen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "alt": "ほんものの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "honmono no",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "本物の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seongsilhada",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "성실하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinjjaui",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "진짜의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "vērus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "īsts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "īstens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vistinski",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "вистински"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "motuhenga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "houtupu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "tinihangakore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "horopū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ekte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "ekte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "autentic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "genuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "vertadièr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "prawdziwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "autentyczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "genuíno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "autêntico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "legítimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "autentic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "adevărat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pódlinnyj",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "по́длинный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastojáščij",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "настоя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ístinnyj",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "и́стинный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "autɛntíčnyj",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "аутенти́чный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "originálʹnyj",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "оригина́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "jenya",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "जेन्य"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "math dha-rìribh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "word": "äkta"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "roman": "jing",
          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "จริง"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "real, authentic",
          "word": "แท้"
        },
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          "sense": "real, authentic",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "tr",
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          "word": "gerçek"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "real, authentic",
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "word": "legik"
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      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnjuːɪn"
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      "word": "fake"
    },
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      "word": "ingenuine"
    }
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛnjuːɪn",
    "en:Personality"
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      "word": "genuine article"
    },
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    {
      "word": "genuine issue of material fact"
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      "name": "root"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sincere"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "heartfelt"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "undesigning"
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      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnjuːɪn"
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      "word": "legit"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "genuine"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "pukka"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
      "word": "sterling"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:genuine",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaṣliyy",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "أَصْلِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaṣli",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "أصلي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ısın",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ысын"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sapráŭdny",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "сапра́ўдны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ístinski",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "и́стински"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "originálen",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "оригина́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avtentíčen",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "автенти́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "resen",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ڕەسەن"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnzhèng",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "真正"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "真誠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnchéng",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "真诚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "pravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ægte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "original"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "echt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "authentiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "origineel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "aito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "todellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "authentique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xenuino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namdvili",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ნამდვილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣ešmariṭi",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ჭეშმარიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uṭq̇uari",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "უტყუარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣rpeli",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "წრფელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulc̣rpeli",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "გულწრფელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "echt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "original"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gnísios",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γνήσιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gnḗsios",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "γνήσιος"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "alēthinós",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ἀληθινός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eteós",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ἐτεός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mekori",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "מקורי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "amiti",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "אמתי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "eredeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "valódi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "autentika"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "tulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほんものの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "honmono no",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "本物の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seongsilhada",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "성실하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinjjaui",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "진짜의"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "vērus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "īsts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "īstens"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vistinski",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "вистински"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "motuhenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "houtupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "tinihangakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "horopū"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "ekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "autentic"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "vertadièr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "prawdziwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "autentyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "genuíno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autêntico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legítimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "autentic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "adevărat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pódlinnyj",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "по́длинный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastojáščij",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "настоя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ístinnyj",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "и́стинный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "autɛntíčnyj",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "аутенти́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "originálʹnyj",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "оригина́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "jenya",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "जेन्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "math dha-rìribh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прави"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pravi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "pravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "auténtico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "legítimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "verdadero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "genuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "äkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jing",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "จริง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɛ́ɛ",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "แท้"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "orijinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "gerçek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "hakiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "správžnij",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "спра́вжній"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "real, authentic",
      "word": "legik"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "genuine"
  ],
  "word": "genuine"
}

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