How do you pronounce genuine?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/.

genuine

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: gen-uine
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/

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Meaning

adj

Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.

adj

Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated.

Example Sentences

"a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship"
"[…] and before you could say 'scissors' that customer had forgotten all about the genuine article, and was out of the shop with the bijoutry."
"Only a handful of rock musicians have become genuine icons - larger-than-life symbolic figures whose personal triumphs and vicissitudes seem to mirror the ups and downs of rock as a whole, and sometimes of the society that nurtures it. Often, rock icons become the objects of personality cults that tend to overshadow their musical accomplishments."

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *ǵenh₁-, genuīnus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/

Inflected Forms

more genuine (comparative) most genuine (superlative)

Derived Forms

genuinely genuineness genuinfluencer genuinity nongenuine ungenuine

Phrases

genuine article genuine fake genuine issue of material fact genuine number eleven de facto de jure

Frequently Paired Words

genus de facto de jure invalid potential valid actually

Synonyms

authentic legit lubish natural real true uncounterfeited actual bona fide genuine legitimate non-fake

Antonyms

bullshit fake ingenuine counterfeit fraudulent knockoff inauthentic phony