genius

See also génius, and Genius

English

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Etymology

From Latin genius (“the guardian spirit of a person, spirit, inclination, wit, genius, literally 'inborn nature'”), from gignere (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genere, the root gen; see genus.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -iːniəs

Noun

genius (plural: genii (formal, classical Roman mythology) or geniuses (colloquial))

1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
2. Extraordinary mental capacity.
3. inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

   A work of genius

4. (Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.
5. A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:genius

Antonyms

• idiot

Related terms

• engine
• engineer
• genie
• ingenious
• ingeniosity

Translations

someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: عَبْقَرِيّ‎ (ar)
• Armenian: հանճար (hy) (hanč̣ar)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Azeri: dahi (az)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: гений (bg) (génij) m
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: geni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人才 (cmn) (réncái)

• Czech: génius (cs) m
• Dutch: genie (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: geenius (et)
• Finnish: nero (fi)
• French: génie (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Genie (de) n
• Greek: μεγαλοφυία (el) (megalofyía) f, ιδιοφυία (el) (idiofyía) f
• Hawaiian: akamai
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: géniusz (hu), zseni (hu), lángész (hu), lángelme (hu)

• Japanese: 天才 (ja) (てんさい, tensai)
• Khmer: ទេពារក្ស (km) (teipiereak)
• Korean: 천재 (ko) (cheonjae) (天才 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بلیمه‌ت (ku)

• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: гениј (mk) (génij) m, генијалец (mk) (genijálec) m
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: نابفه (fa) (nâbeğe)
• Polish: geniusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: gênio (pt) m, gênia (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: geniu (ro) n
• Russian: гений (ru) (génij) m
• Slovene: genij (sl) m
• Spanish: genio (es) m, genia (es) f
• Swedish: geni (sv) n
• Tagalog: henyo (tl)
• Thai: อัจฉริยบุคคล (th) (àtchàríyá bùkkon)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bậc anh tài (vi)
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can

extraordinary mental capacity

• Armenian: հանճար (hy) (hanč̣ar)
• Catalan: geni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天才 (cmn) (tiāncái)

• Danish: geni (da)
• Dutch: genialiteit (nl) f
• Estonian: geniaalsus (et)
• Finnish: nerokkuus (fi)
• German: Genialität (de) f
• Greek: μεγαλοφυία (el) (megalofyía) f

• Hungarian: zsenialitás (hu)
• Irish: ardéirim (ga) f
• Macedonian: генијалност (mk) (genijálnost) f, гениј (mk) (génij) m
• Polish: geniusz (pl)
• Romanian: genialitate (ro) f
• Russian: гениальность (ru) (geniálʹnostʹ) f, одарённость (ru) (odarjónnostʹ) f
• Slovene: genialnost (sl) f
• Spanish: genio (es) m
• Vietnamese: thiên tài (vi) (天才 (vi))

External links

• genius in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• genius in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Etymology

From gens (“household, clan, tribe”) +‎ -ius

Noun

genius (genitive geniī); m, second declension

1. the deity or guardian spirit of a person, place, etc.
2. (with respect to the enjoyment of life) the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations
3. (of the intellect) wit, talents, genius (rare)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	genius	geniī
genitive	geniī	geniōrum
dative	geniō	geniīs
accusative	genium	geniōs
ablative	geniō	geniīs
vocative	genī	geniī