genuineness
/ˈdʒenjəwənɪs/JEN-yuh-wuh-nis
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈdʒɛnjəwənɪs/JEN-yuh-wuh-nis
Meaningbeing genuine
Common meaning: realness
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- genbirth, descent, race; a typeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 810 · scan
- uineadjective ending: belonging to
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
Journey through time
- Latingenus, generis‘birth, descent, race’
- Englishgenuine‘real’
- Englishformed in English from genuinegenuineness‘realness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from genuine + -ness.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GENUINE, p.231 · scan
Roots
- genus, generis Latin “birth, descent, race; a type”
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