Genie

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni
• Homophones: genie, Jeannie

Genie (plural Genies)

1. A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
2. A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

• eigen-, eigne

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.ni/

Genie f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Eugénie

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈniː/
• (lax northern colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛˈniː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Borrowed from French génie, from Latin genius.

Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, plural Genies)

1. genius

   Synonym: Genius

   • 1962 [1888, 1886], Friedrich Engels, chapter IV, in Ludwig Feuerbach und der Ausgang der klassischen deutschen Philosophie (Marx-Engels-Werke; 21), page 292; English translation from Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy (Marx/Engels Collected Works; 26), 1990, page 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.

Borrowed from French génie.

Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, no plural)

1. (military) military engineers (unit)

   Synonyms: Geniewesen, Ingenieurwesen, Kriegsbauwesen

• “Genie”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Borrowed from French génie.

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈni/, [ʒəˈniː]

Genie m (plural Genien or Genier)

1. genius