Genie

See also: genie, génie, Génie, and -génie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːni
• Homophones: genie, Jeannie

Proper noun

Genie (plural Genies)

1. A male given name Diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
2. A female given name Diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

Anagrams

• eigen-, eigne

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.ni/

Proper noun

Genie f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Eugénie

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈniː/
• (lax northern colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛˈniː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French génie, from Latin genius.

Noun

Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, plural Genies)

1. genius

   Synonym: Genius

Declension

Declension of Genie [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Genie	die	Genies
genitive	eines	des	Genies	der	Genies
dative	einem	dem	Genie	den	Genies
accusative	ein	das	Genie	die	Genies

Descendants

• → Hungarian: zseni

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French génie.

Noun

Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, no plural)

1. (military) military engineers (unit)

   Synonyms: Geniewesen, Ingenieurwesen, Kriegsbauwesen

Declension

Declension of Genie [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Genie
genitive	eines	des	Genies
dative	einem	dem	Genie
accusative	ein	das	Genie

Further reading

• “Genie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French génie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈni/, [ʒəˈniː]

Noun

Genie m (plural Genien or Genier)

1. genius