génie

See also: genie, Genie, Génie, -genie, and -génie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ni/

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Noun

génie m (plural génies)

1. genie
2. genius
3. guardian spirit
4. engineering

Derived terms

• coup de génie
• éclair de génie
• génie civil
• génie du mal

Descendants

• → Albanian: gjeni
• → Danish: geni
• → Dutch: genie
  • Afrikaans: genie
• → English: genie
• → German: Genie (see there for further descendants)
• → Iranian Persian: ژنی (ženi)
• → Luxembourgish: Genie
• → Norwegian Bokmål: geni
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: geni
• → Swedish: geni

Further reading

• “génie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ignée, neige, neigé