genial

See also: génial

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

  1. Friendly and cheerful.
  2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
  3. Marked by genius.
    • Hare
      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 :
      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.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      natural incapacity and genial indisposition
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

genial (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

Adjective

genial (masculine and feminine plural genials)

  1. genius
  2. brilliant, great

Derived terms

  • genialment

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

genial (comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)

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

Declension

Comparative forms of genial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genialis

Adjective

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genialis

Adjective

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

  1. ingenious, brilliant

References

Portuguese

Adjective

genial m, f (plural geniais, comparable)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeˈnjal/

Adjective

genial (plural geniales)

  1. splendid, gorgeous, great
  2. ingenious
  3. genial, pleasant

Derived terms

Further reading

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