genial

See also: génial

English

Etymology 1

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From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

Adjective

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

1. Friendly and cheerful.
2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
3. Marked by genius.
   • (Can we date this quote by Hare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works.

   • 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 [1]:

     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.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] 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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the genial bed

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Creator Venus, genial power of love.

5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     natural incapacity and genial indisposition

Derived terms

• congenial

Translations

friendly and cheerful

• Bulgarian: общителен (bg) (obštitelen), дружелюбен (bg) (druželjuben)
• Finnish: ystävällinen (fi), lempeä (fi)
• Georgian: მეგობრული (megobruli), გულთბილი (gultbili), კეთილი (ḳetili)
• Maori: hūmārie
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• Russian: дружелю́бный (ru) (druželjúbnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj)
• Spanish: campechano (es)

pleasantly mild and warm

• Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek)
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• Finnish: leuto (fi), leppeä (fi)
• Georgian: გულთბილი (gultbili), თბილი (ka) (tbili), რბილი (rbili)

marked by genius

• Bulgarian: гениален (bg) (genialen)
• Danish: genial
• Dutch: geniaal (nl)
• Finnish: nerokas (fi)
• French: génial (fr) m
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• Georgian: გენიალური (genialuri)
• German: genial (de)
• Hungarian: zseniális (hu)
• Portuguese: genial (pt) m or f
• Swedish: genial (sv)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

Adjective

genial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.

Anagrams

• Eaglin, Ealing, igneal, linage

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.niˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒe.niˈal]

Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)

1. genius
2. brilliant, great

Derived terms

• genialment

Related terms

• geni
• genialitat

Further reading

• “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

genial (comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)

1. genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)

Further reading

• “genial” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genialis

Adjective

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

1. ingenious, brilliant

Related terms

• geni

References

• “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genialis

Adjective

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

1. ingenious, brilliant

Related terms

• geni

References

• “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Adjective

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈnjal/ [xeˈnjal]

Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)

1. splendid, gorgeous
2. ingenious
3. genial, pleasant
4. great, cool, neat

Derived terms

• genialmente

Related terms

• genialidad
• genio

Further reading

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