"genuineness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njuː.ɪn.(n)əs/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njuː.ɪn.(n)ɪs/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nju.ɪn.(n)əs/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nju.ɪn.(n)ɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-genuineness.wav [US] Forms: genuinenesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English genuineness From genuine + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|genuine|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English genuineness [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "authentic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "gender", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "race", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵénh₁os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*genos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "genus", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "second declension", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ūs", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "genuīnus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "genuine", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "genuineness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="genuineness"> From genuine + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} genuineness (countable and uncountable, plural genuinenesses)
  1. The quality of being genuine; authenticity. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: genuinity Translations (the quality of being genuine; authenticity): pravost [feminine] (Czech), originalita [feminine] (Czech), Aufrichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Wahrhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Echtheit [feminine] (German), Authentizität [feminine] (German), Glaubwürdigkeit [feminine] (German), प्रामाणिकता (prāmāṇiktā) [feminine] (Hindi), dílseacht [feminine] (Irish), genuinità (Italian), īstums [masculine] (Latvian), autentyczność [feminine] (Polish), autentyzm (Polish), szczerość [feminine] (Polish), prawdziwość [feminine] (Polish), по́длинность (pódlinnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), настоя́щесть (nastojáščestʹ) [feminine] (Russian), и́стинность (ístinnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), genuinidad [Spain, feminine, rare] (Spanish)

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