genio

See also: génio, gênio, and genio-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian. See genius.

Noun

genio (plural genios)

  1. (archaic) Somebody of a particular turn of mind.
    • Tatler
      Some genios are not capable of pure affection […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for genio in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Esperanto

Noun

genio (accusative singular genion, plural genioj, accusative plural geniojn)

  1. genius (intelligence)
  2. genius (intelligent person)
  3. genius (spirit in Roman mythology)

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡe.n(i.)jo/

Noun

genio (uncountable)

  1. genius, brilliance

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genius.

Noun

genio m (plural geni)

  1. genius
  2. spirit, genie

il genio

  1. (military) the engineers

Derived terms

  • genio civile (“civil engineers”)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

geniō

  1. dative singular of genius
  2. ablative singular of genius

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxe.njo]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin genius, related to gignō (“I beget”) and genus (“birth, origin”).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

  1. temper, mood
  2. genius

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French génie, of Latin influence but based on Arabic جِنّ‎ (jinn).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

  1. jinn, genie
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