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Genie
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genie génie Génie -genie -génie
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒiːni/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Genie.wav Southern England
en iːni 2
en genie Jeannie
Proper noun
s
en male, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
en female, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
Anagrams
en eegin eigen- eigne
en unisex given names
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female Eugénie
German
Pronunciation
de /ʒeˈniː/ Germany
de /d͡ʒɛˈniː/ Germany,lax northern colloquial
de De-Genie.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de /ʃeˈniː/ Austria,South German,Switzerland
de iː 2
Etymology 1
de fr génie, from de la genius.
Noun
n,,s
genius
de Genius
de 1962 1888, 1886 w:Friedrich Engels lw:de:Ludwig Feuerbach und der Ausgang der klassischen deutschen Philosophie IV http://www.mlwerke.de/me/me21/me21_291.htm w:de:Marx-Engels-Werke 21 292 English translation from 1990 w:Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy w:Marx/Engels Collected Works 26 382 Marx stand höher, sah weiter, überblickte mehr und rascher als wir andern alle. Marx war ein Genie, wir andern höchstens Talente. Marx stood higher, saw further, and took a wider and quicker view than all the rest of us. Marx was a genius; we others were at best talented.
Declension
n,,s
Descendants
be геній 1
bg ге́ний 1
hu zseni 1
mk гениј 1
ru ге́ний 1
sh gȇnīj//ге̑нӣј 1
sl gẹ́nij 1
uk ге́ній 1
Etymology 2
de :bor fr:génie
de fr génie.
Noun
n.sg
de military military engineers unit
de Geniewesen Ingenieurwesen Kriegsbauwesen
Declension
n.sg
Further reading
de People
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from lb fr génie.
Pronunciation
lb /ʒeˈni/ [ʒəˈniː]
Noun
m Genien Genier
genius