genial
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
Adjective edit
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.
- (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:
- 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; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- the genial bed
- 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Creator Venus, genial power of love.
- (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:
- natural incapacity and genial indisposition
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Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
- Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
Adjective edit
genial (not comparable)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)
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Further reading edit
- “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of earlier genialisch.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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 edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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 |
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
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References edit
- “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
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- “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
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genial m or f (plural geniais)
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Romanian edit
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genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or relating to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
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Adjective edit
genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)
- genial, pleasant
- great, cool, neat
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
- splendid, gorgeous
- Synonym: espléndido
- ingenious
- Synonym: ingenioso
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Further reading edit
- “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)
Declension edit
Inflection of genial | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | genial | genialare | genialast |
Neuter singular | genialt | genialare | genialast |
Plural | geniala | genialare | genialast |
Masculine plural3 | geniale | genialare | genialast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | geniale | genialare | genialaste |
All | geniala | genialare | genialaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
See also edit
- sinnrik (“ingenious”)