genio

See also: Genio, génio, gênio, genio-, and génio-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːniəʊ/

Noun

genio (plural genios)

  1. (archaic) Somebody of a particular turn of mind.
    • 1709 August 22 (Gregorian calendar)​, Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, August 11, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 53; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], volume I, London stereotype edition, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, OCLC 69947324:
      Some genios which are not capable of pure affection […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for genio in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin genius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡeˈnio]
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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧o

Noun

genio (accusative singular genion, plural genioj, accusative plural geniojn)

  1. genius (intelligence)
  2. genius (intelligent person)
    Synonym: geniulo
  3. (Roman mythology) genius

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeni̯o/

Noun

genio (uncountable)

  1. genius, brilliance

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjo
  • Hyphenation: gè‧nio

Noun

genio m (plural geni)

  1. genius
  2. spirit, genie
  3. (military, with the definite article) the engineers, corps

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

geniō

  1. dative/ablative singular of genius

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxenjo/ [ˈxe.njo]
  • Rhymes: -enjo
  • Syllabification: ge‧nio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin genius, related to gignō (“to beget”) and genus (“birth, origin”).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

  1. genius
  2. temper, mood (normally a bad temper)
    esa tía tiene mucho genio
    she's one bad-tempered chick
Derived terms
  • corto de genio
  • llevar el genio
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tagalog: henyo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French génie, of Latin influence but based on Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

  1. (folklore, mythology, fantasy) jinn, genie

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