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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/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al
genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)
- 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.
- (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: […] [Thomas Parker] for 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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
the genial bed
- (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
friendly and cheerful
- Bulgarian: общителен (bg) (obštitelen), дружелюбен (bg) (druželjuben)
- Finnish: ystävällinen (fi), lempeä (fi)
- Georgian: მეგობრული (megobruli), გულთბილი (gultbili), კეთილი (ḳetili)
- Maori: hūmārie
- Plautdietsch: schaftich
- Russian: дружелю́бный (ru) (druželjúbnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj)
- Spanish: campechano (es)
- Welsh: rhadlon (cy)
marked by genius
- Belarusian: генія́льны (hjenijálʹny)
- Bulgarian: гениален (bg) (genialen)
- Danish: genial
- Dutch: geniaal (nl)
- Finnish: nerokas (fi)
- French: génial (fr) m
- Georgian: გენიალური (genialuri)
- German: genial (de)
- Hungarian: zseniális (hu)
- Polish: genialny (pl)
- Portuguese: genial (pt) m or f
- Russian: гениа́льный (ru) (geniálʹnyj)
- Swedish: genial (sv)
- Ukrainian: геніа́льний (heniálʹnyj)
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)
genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)
- “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Shortening of earlier genialisch.
genial (strong nominative masculine singular genialer, comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)
- genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)
- (colloquial) excellent
- Synonyms: klasse, hervorragend
Comparative forms of genial
Superlative forms of genial
genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
- “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
- “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
genial m or f (plural geniais)
genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)
Borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or relating to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
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
- “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)
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 |
- sinnrik (“ingenious”)