genio
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgenio (plural genios)
- (archaic, rare) Somebody having a particular way of thinking.
- 1709 August 22 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, August 11, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 53; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
- Some genios which are not capable of pure affection […]
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editReferences
edit- “genio”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgenio (accusative singular genion, plural genioj, accusative plural geniojn)
Ido
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgenio (uncountable)
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgenio m (plural geni)
- genius
- spirit, genie
- genio della lampada ― genie in a bottle
- (military, with the definite article) the engineers, corps
Derived terms
edit- genio civile (“civil engineers”)
- andare a genio
Anagrams
editLatin
editNoun
editgeniō
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin genius, related to gignō (“to beget”) and genus (“birth, origin”).
Noun
editgenio m (plural genios)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tagalog: henyo
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from French génie, of Latin influence but based on Arabic جِنّ (jinn).
Noun
editgenio m (plural genios)
Further reading
edit- “genio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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