génio

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Roman, masculine) genius
2. (masculine) genius
3. (masculine) genie, jinn (a spirit, either good or evil, of pre-Islamic and Islamic mythology)
4. (masculine) irritability (the tendency of getting angry, annoyed)

Concepten

genie

djinn

Synoniemen

brilho

gênio

talento

gênia

jinn

Vertalingen

genio

geni

génie

🧞

genius

ιδιοφυία

μεγαλοφυία

Genie

jinn

brain

🧠

brillantor

brilliance

جِنّ

τζίνι

talent

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʒɛ.nju/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Latijn: genius

Geleend van Arabisch: جِنّ

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. The sense of genie is also a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy) (compare French génie).