genial

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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.
  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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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-‎ (0 c, 104 e)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

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Adjective[edit]

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)

  1. genius
  2. brilliant, great

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of genial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist genial sie ist genial es ist genial sie sind genial
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative genialer geniale geniales geniale
genitive genialen genialer genialen genialer
dative genialem genialer genialem genialen
accusative genialen geniale geniales geniale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der geniale die geniale das geniale die genialen
genitive des genialen der genialen des genialen der genialen
dative dem genialen der genialen dem genialen den genialen
accusative den genialen die geniale das geniale die genialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein genialer eine geniale ein geniales (keine) genialen
genitive eines genialen einer genialen eines genialen (keiner) genialen
dative einem genialen einer genialen einem genialen (keinen) genialen
accusative einen genialen eine geniale ein geniales (keine) genialen
Comparative forms of genial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist genialer sie ist genialer es ist genialer sie sind genialer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative genialerer genialere genialeres genialere
genitive genialeren genialerer genialeren genialerer
dative genialerem genialerer genialerem genialeren
accusative genialeren genialere genialeres genialere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der genialere die genialere das genialere die genialeren
genitive des genialeren der genialeren des genialeren der genialeren
dative dem genialeren der genialeren dem genialeren den genialeren
accusative den genialeren die genialere das genialere die genialeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein genialerer eine genialere ein genialeres (keine) genialeren
genitive eines genialeren einer genialeren eines genialeren (keiner) genialeren
dative einem genialeren einer genialeren einem genialeren (keinen) genialeren
accusative einen genialeren eine genialere ein genialeres (keine) genialeren
Superlative forms of genial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am genialsten sie ist am genialsten es ist am genialsten sie sind am genialsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative genialster genialste genialstes genialste
genitive genialsten genialster genialsten genialster
dative genialstem genialster genialstem genialsten
accusative genialsten genialste genialstes genialste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der genialste die genialste das genialste die genialsten
genitive des genialsten der genialsten des genialsten der genialsten
dative dem genialsten der genialsten dem genialsten den genialsten
accusative den genialsten die genialste das genialste die genialsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein genialster eine genialste ein genialstes (keine) genialsten
genitive eines genialsten einer genialsten eines genialsten (keiner) genialsten
dative einem genialsten einer genialsten einem genialsten (keinen) genialsten
accusative einen genialsten eine genialste ein genialstes (keine) genialsten

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Further reading[edit]

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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin genialis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin genialis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

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

Adjective[edit]

genial m or f (plural geniais)

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

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French génial.

Adjective[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of genial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite genial genială geniali geniale
definite genialul geniala genialii genialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite genial geniale geniali geniale
definite genialului genialei genialilor genialelor

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)

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

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)

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

Declension[edit]

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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