Genie

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

English

Pronunciation

Homophone: Jeannie

Proper noun

Genie (plural Genies)

A male given name Diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
A female given name Diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

Anagrams

eigen-, eigne

French

Proper noun

Genie f

A diminutive of the female given name Eugénie

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒeˈniː/
Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From French génie, from Latin genius

Noun

Genie n (genitive Genies, plural Genies)

genius

Declension

Declension of Genie

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Genie	die	Genies
genitive	eines	des	Genies	der	Genies
dative	einem	dem	Genie	den	Genies
accusative	ein	das	Genie	die	Genies

Synonyms

Genius

Etymology 2

From French génie

Noun

Genie n (genitive Genies)

(military) military engineers (unit)

Synonyms

Geniewesen, Ingenieurwesen, Kriegsbauwesen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French génie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒeˈniː/

Noun

Genie m (plural Genien or Genier)

genius

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