different between respectful vs genuine

English

Alternative forms

• respec'ful

Etymology

respect +? -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sp?ktf?l/
• Hyphenation: re?spect?ful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

1. Marked or characterized by respect
   • 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

     On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.

Antonyms

• contemptuous
• disdainful
• disrespectful

Related terms

• respectfully
• respectfulness

Translations

See also

• respective
• respectable

English

Etymology

From Latin genuinus (“innate, native, natural”), from gignere, from Old Latin genere (“to beget, produce”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?n?yo?o?n', j?n?yo?o?n' IPA^(key): /?d??nju???n/, /?d??nju??a?n/
• Rhymes: -?nju??n, -?nju?a?n

Adjective

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

Synonyms

• authentic
• real
• natural
• (British dialectal) lubish
• true
• uncounterfeited
• See also Thesaurus:genuine

Antonyms

• fake
• ingenuine

Related terms

• genus

Translations

Further reading

• genuine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• genuine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingénue, unigene

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??enu?i?n?/
• Hyphenation: ge?nu?i?ne

Adjective

genuine

1. inflection of genuin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

genuine

1. feminine plural of genuino

Anagrams

• ingenue

Latin

Adjective

genu?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of genu?nus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

genuine

1. definite singular of genuin
2. plural of genuin

Swedish

Adjective

genuine

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of genuin.