authentic

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ɒ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪk/

Adjective

authentic

1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

   The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

   The report was completely authentic.

   an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information

3. (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
4. (obsolete) authoritative
   • 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.

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Synonyms

• (of the claimed origin) genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
• (conforming to fact) reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked

Antonyms

• (not of the claimed origin) phony, fake; ingenuine

Translations

• French: authentique
• German: authentisch, echt
• Italian: autentico
• Portuguese: autêntico
• Russian: по́длинный
• Spanish: auténtico

Translations

• German: authentisch, echt, wahr
• Portuguese: autêntico
• Russian: достове́рный

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