genia

See also: Genia, -genia, -genią, and Genią

English

Noun

genia (plural genias)

1. specific area of expertise so advanced as to inherently restrict itself to persons of unusually high intelligence.
2. sphere of society sharing a very high degree of intelligence.
3. (biology) inclusive category of living species.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ɡeˈnia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧a

Adjective

genia (accusative singular genian, plural geniaj, accusative plural geniajn)

1. ingenious

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Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek γενεᾱ́ (geneā́, “birth; race; descent; offspring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ge‧nì‧a

Noun

genia f (plural genie)

1. (archaic, literary) descent, race

   Synonyms: (literary) progenie, razza, (literary) schiatta, stirpe

2. (derogatory) band, gang

   Synonyms: accolita, banda, combriccola, combutta, cricca, razza, risma, sorta

References

• genia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Egina, ignea, negai, niega

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Noun

genia

1. genius

Inflection

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Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• geniene

Noun

genia n pl

1. definite plural of geni

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genia n pl

1. definite plural of geni