genial

From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

1. Friendly and cheerful.
2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
3. 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.

4. (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.

5. (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

• congenial

From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
• Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

genial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.

• Eaglin, Ealing, Neglia, igneal, linage

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒə.niˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈal/

genial (masculine and feminine plural genials)

1. genius
2. brilliant, great

• genialment

• geni
• genialitat

• “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Shortening of earlier genialisch.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

genial (strong nominative masculine singular genialer, comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)

1. genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)
2. (colloquial) excellent

   Synonyms: klasse, hervorragend

• kongenial

• “genial” in Duden online
• “genial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Latin genialis.

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

1. ingenious, brilliant

• geni

• “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin genialis.

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

1. ingenious, brilliant

• geni

• “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

genial m or f (plural geniais)

1. genial (marked by genius)
2. genius (very clever)

• genialmente

From French génial.

genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)

1. (literally) ingenious, characteristic of a genius
2. (informal) great, fantastic, awesome

From Latin geniālis (“of or relating to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

• IPA^(key): /xeˈnjal/ [xeˈnjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ge‧nial

genial (plural geniales)

1. great, cool, neat

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

2. splendid, gorgeous

   Synonym: espléndido

3. ingenious

   Synonym: ingenioso

4. genial, pleasant

• genialmente

• genialidad
• genio

• “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014