genial
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
Adjective
genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)
- Friendly and cheerful.
- (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
- Marked by genius.
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
- Men of genius have so often attacht the highest value to their less genial works.
- 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 :
- About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
- (archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:
- The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- the genial bed
- 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
- Creator Venus, genial power of love.
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- (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
- natural incapacity and genial indisposition
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Derived terms
- congenial
Related terms
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Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
- Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
Adjective
genial (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.
Anagrams
- Eaglin, Ealing, Neglia, igneal, linage
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin geniālis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʒə.niˈal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈal/
Adjective
genial (masculine and feminine plural genials)
- genius
- brilliant, great
Derived terms
- genialment
Related terms
- geni
- genialitat
Further reading
- “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Etymology
Shortening of earlier genialisch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
genial (strong nominative masculine singular genialer, comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)
- genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)
- (colloquial) excellent
- Synonyms: klasse, hervorragend
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist genial | sie ist genial | es ist genial | sie sind genial | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | genialer | geniale | geniales | geniale |
genitive | genialen | genialer | genialen | genialer | |
dative | genialem | genialer | genialem | genialen | |
accusative | genialen | geniale | geniales | geniale | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der geniale | die geniale | das geniale | die genialen |
genitive | des genialen | der genialen | des genialen | der genialen | |
dative | dem genialen | der genialen | dem genialen | den genialen | |
accusative | den genialen | die geniale | das geniale | die genialen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein genialer | eine geniale | ein geniales | (keine) genialen |
genitive | eines genialen | einer genialen | eines genialen | (keiner) genialen | |
dative | einem genialen | einer genialen | einem genialen | (keinen) genialen | |
accusative | einen genialen | eine geniale | ein geniales | (keine) genialen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist genialer | sie ist genialer | es ist genialer | sie sind genialer | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | genialerer | genialere | genialeres | genialere |
genitive | genialeren | genialerer | genialeren | genialerer | |
dative | genialerem | genialerer | genialerem | genialeren | |
accusative | genialeren | genialere | genialeres | genialere | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der genialere | die genialere | das genialere | die genialeren |
genitive | des genialeren | der genialeren | des genialeren | der genialeren | |
dative | dem genialeren | der genialeren | dem genialeren | den genialeren | |
accusative | den genialeren | die genialere | das genialere | die genialeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein genialerer | eine genialere | ein genialeres | (keine) genialeren |
genitive | eines genialeren | einer genialeren | eines genialeren | (keiner) genialeren | |
dative | einem genialeren | einer genialeren | einem genialeren | (keinen) genialeren | |
accusative | einen genialeren | eine genialere | ein genialeres | (keine) genialeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am genialsten | sie ist am genialsten | es ist am genialsten | sie sind am genialsten | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | genialster | genialste | genialstes | genialste |
genitive | genialsten | genialster | genialsten | genialster | |
dative | genialstem | genialster | genialstem | genialsten | |
accusative | genialsten | genialste | genialstes | genialste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der genialste | die genialste | das genialste | die genialsten |
genitive | des genialsten | der genialsten | des genialsten | der genialsten | |
dative | dem genialsten | der genialsten | dem genialsten | den genialsten | |
accusative | den genialsten | die genialste | das genialste | die genialsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein genialster | eine genialste | ein genialstes | (keine) genialsten |
genitive | eines genialsten | einer genialsten | eines genialsten | (keiner) genialsten | |
dative | einem genialsten | einer genialsten | einem genialsten | (keinen) genialsten | |
accusative | einen genialsten | eine genialste | ein genialstes | (keine) genialsten |
Derived terms
- kongenial
Further reading
- “genial” in Duden online
- “genial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin genialis.
Adjective
genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
- ingenious, brilliant
Related terms
- geni
References
- “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin genialis.
Adjective
genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
- ingenious, brilliant
Related terms
- geni
References
- “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.niˈaw/ [ʒe.nɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈnjaw/ [ʒeˈnjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈnjal/ [ʒɨˈnjaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
Adjective
genial m or f (plural geniais)
- genial (marked by genius)
- genius (very clever)
Derived terms
- genialmente
Romanian
Etymology
From French génial.
Adjective
genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)
- (literally) ingenious, characteristic of a genius
- (informal) great, fantastic, awesome
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | genial | genială | geniali | geniale | ||
definite | genialul | geniala | genialii | genialele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | genial | geniale | geniali | geniale | ||
definite | genialului | genialei | genialilor | genialelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin geniālis (“of or relating to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeˈnjal/ [xeˈnjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ge‧nial
Adjective
genial (plural geniales)
- great, cool, neat
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
- splendid, gorgeous
- Synonym: espléndido
- ingenious
- Synonym: ingenioso
- genial, pleasant
Derived terms
- genialmente
Related terms
- genialidad
- genio
Further reading
- “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014