genie

Meaning

1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Synonyms

spirit

ghost

👻

jinn

jinni

djinn

bogey

hobgoblin

spook

sprite

djinni

devil

bogy

goblin

jinnee

djinny

soul

evil spirit

fairy

🧚

ogress

phantasm

phantom

pixy

principle

puff

rudiment

siren

specter

spectre

tone

wizard

wraith

familiar spirit

apparition

air

breath

bugbear

cell

data

demon

demons

element

elf

🧝

familiar

fay

genii

gnome

head

immortal

life

monster

Translations

djinn

gênio

genio

cin

🧞

génie

🧞

diable

Dschinn

jinn

genio

peri

🧚

τζίνι

spirito

جِنِّيّ

folletto

🧝

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/

Etymology

From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).