# genuine

Pronunciation: say "JEN-yoo-in" /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/

## Adjective

1. Authentic and real, not counterfeit, false, or mixed with inferior material.
   - Simple: Real and true, not fake or copied.
   - _Experts confirmed the signature was genuine after a careful analysis._
   - _Customers pay more for genuine maple syrup than for the artificial kind._
2. Belonging to or descended from the original stock; of pure native origin.
   - Simple: Coming from the original family or breed, with no mixing.
   - _The farm prides itself on raising genuine highland cattle, descended from the original herd._
   - _Botanists prized the genuine native fern, untouched by hybridization._

## Origin

From Latin genuīnus ("innate, native, natural"), from genus, going back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/genuine (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).