genial

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English

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Etymology 1

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

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genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

  1. Friendly and cheerful.
    • 1953 March, Baynham Honri, “Filming "The Titfield Thunderbolt"”, in Railway Magazine, page 164:
      George Relph plays the part of the Vicar of the Parish, a railway enthusiast, who becomes amateur engine driver, with Sir Godfrey Tearle (the Bishop) as his fireman, while Stanley Holloway is the genial toper who provides the cash to buy the line.
  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.
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
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Etymology 2

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

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genial (not comparable)

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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

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genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)

  1. genius
  2. brilliant, great

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German

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Etymology

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Shortening of earlier genialisch.

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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

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Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin genialis.

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin genialis.

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.niˈaw/ [ʒe.nɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈnjaw/ [ʒeˈnjaʊ̯]
 

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

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genial m or f (plural geniais)

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French génial.

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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

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genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)

  1. genial, pleasant
  2. great, cool, neat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
  3. splendid, gorgeous
    Synonym: espléndido
  4. ingenious
    Synonym: ingenioso

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Swedish

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Adjective

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genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)

  1. brilliant, "genius"
    Synonym: genialisk
    en genial lösning
    a brilliant solution

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Inflection of genial
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

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