adj
Meaning 1
false, not genuine or unauthentic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ingenuine
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/
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/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/
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rhymes with -ɛnjuːɪn̩ or Rhymes: -ɛnjuːaɪn̩
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine English ingenuine From in- + genuine.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: epäaito — false, not genuine or authentic
- Finnish: falski — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: falsch — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: gefälscht — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: nicht echt — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: unecht — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: nicht authentisch — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: unwahrhaftig — false, not genuine or authentic
- German: unaufrichtig — false, not genuine or authentic
- Turkish: yapay — false, not genuine or authentic
- Turkish: yapmacık — false, not genuine or authentic
- Turkish: sahte — false, not genuine or authentic