genuine

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• Received-Pronunciation: jěnʹyo͞oĭn'
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• Received-Pronunciation: jĕnʹyo͞oīn'
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/
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• humorous, nonstandard, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/
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• General-American, humorous, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌaɪn/
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• Canada: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌaɪn/
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• Canada: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /ˈd͡ʒen.jʉː.ɪn/
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• Australian, humorous, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʉː.ɑen/
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• rhymes with -ɛnjuːɪn
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• rhymes with -ɛnjuːaɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N Y AH0 W AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: JH EH1 N Y UW1 W AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1-.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Russian: родной (rodnoj) — from the original stock; native
• Amharic: እውነተኛ (ʾəwnätäña) — real, authentic
• Arabic: أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy) — real, authentic
• Arabic: أصلي (ʔaṣli) — real, authentic
• Bashkir: ысын (ısın) — real, authentic
• Belarusian: сапра́ўдны (sapráwdny) — real, authentic
• Bulgarian: и́стински (ístinski) — real, authentic
• Bulgarian: оригина́лен (originálen) — real, authentic
• Bulgarian: автенти́чен (avtentíčen) — real, authentic
• Catalan: genuí — real, authentic
• Chinese Mandarin: 真正 (zhēnzhèng) — real, authentic
• Chinese Mandarin: 真誠 /真诚 (zhēnchéng) — real, authentic
• Czech: pravý — real, authentic
• Danish: ægte — real, authentic
• Danish: original — real, authentic
• Dutch: echt — real, authentic
• Dutch: authentiek — real, authentic
• Dutch: origineel — real, authentic
• Esperanto: vera — real, authentic
• Esperanto: aŭtentika — real, authentic
• Estonian: ehtne — real, authentic
• Estonian: tõeline — real, authentic
• Estonian: päris — real, authentic
• Finnish: aito — real, authentic
• Finnish: todellinen — real, authentic
• French: authentique — real, authentic
• Galician: xenuino — real, authentic
• Georgian: ნამდვილი (namdvili) — real, authentic
• Georgian: ჭეშმარიტი (č̣ešmariṭi) — real, authentic
• Georgian: უტყუარი (uṭq̇uari) — real, authentic
• Georgian: წრფელი (c̣rpeli) — real, authentic
• Georgian: გულწრფელი (gulc̣rpeli) — real, authentic
• German: echt — real, authentic
• German: original — real, authentic
• German: genuin — real, authentic
• Greek: γνήσιος (gnísios) — real, authentic
• Ancient Greek: γνήσιος (gnḗsios) — real, authentic
• Ancient Greek: ἀληθινός (alēthinós) — real, authentic
• Ancient Greek: ἐτεός (eteós) — real, authentic
• Hebrew: מקורי (mekori) — real, authentic
• Hebrew: אמתי (amiti) — real, authentic
• Hindi: सच (sac) — real, authentic
• Hindi: वास्तविक (vāstavik) — real, authentic
• Hungarian: eredeti — real, authentic
• Hungarian: valódi — real, authentic
• Ido: autentika — real, authentic
• Indonesian: tulen — real, authentic
• Italian: genuino — real, authentic
• Japanese: 本物の (honmono no) — real, authentic
• Korean: 성실하다 (seongsilhada) — real, authentic
• Korean: 진짜의 (jinjjaui) — real, authentic
• Central Kurdish: ڕەسەن (resen) — real, authentic
• Latin: vērus — real, authentic
• Latvian: īsts — real, authentic
• Latvian: īstens — real, authentic
• Macedonian: вистински (vistinski) — real, authentic
• Māori: motuhenga — real, authentic
• Māori: houtupu — real, authentic
• Māori: tinihangakore — real, authentic
• Māori: horopū — real, authentic
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekte — real, authentic
• Norwegian Bokmål: genuin — real, authentic
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ekte — real, authentic
• Norwegian Nynorsk: genuin — real, authentic
• Occitan: autentic — real, authentic
• Occitan: genuin — real, authentic
• Occitan: vertadièr — real, authentic
• Polish: prawdziwy — real, authentic
• Polish: autentyczny — real, authentic
• Portuguese: genuíno — real, authentic
• Portuguese: autêntico — real, authentic
• Portuguese: legítimo — real, authentic
• Romanian: autentic — real, authentic
• Romanian: adevărat — real, authentic
• Russian: по́длинный (pódlinnyj) — real, authentic
• Russian: настоя́щий (nastojáščij) — real, authentic
• Russian: и́стинный (ístinnyj) — real, authentic
• Russian: аутенти́чный (autɛntíčnyj) — real, authentic
• Russian: оригина́льный (originálʹnyj) — real, authentic
• Sanskrit: जेन्य (jenya) — real, authentic
• Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh — real, authentic
• Serbo-Croatian: прави — real, authentic
• Serbo-Croatian: pravi — real, authentic
• Slovak: pravý — real, authentic
• Spanish: genuino — real, authentic
• Spanish: auténtico — real, authentic
• Spanish: legítimo — real, authentic
• Spanish: verdadero — real, authentic
• Swedish: genuin — real, authentic
• Swedish: äkta — real, authentic
• Tauya: apurofu — real, authentic
• Thai: จริง (jing) — real, authentic
• Thai: แท้ (tɛ́ɛ) — real, authentic
• Turkish: orijinal — real, authentic
• Turkish: gerçek — real, authentic
• Turkish: hakiki — real, authentic
• Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek) — real, authentic
• Ukrainian: спра́вжній (správžnij) — real, authentic
• Volapük: legik — real, authentic