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6-letter words (3 found)

EALING,GENIAL,LINAGE,

5-letter words (17 found)

AGILE,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ELAIN,GENAL,GLEAN,INGLE,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LINGA,

4-letter words (31 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AINE,ANIL,EGAL,EINA,ELAN,GAEN,GAIN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GIEN,GILA,GLEI,GLEN,GLIA,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,NAIL,NEAL,NGAI,

3-letter words (28 found)

AGE,AIL,AIN,ALE,ANE,ANI,EAN,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,ING,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NAE,NAG,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,GI,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 94 words from genial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of genial

genial

Etymology 1

From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

Adjective

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

  1. Friendly and cheerful.
  2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
  3. Marked by genius.
  4. (archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
Derived terms
  • congenial
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
  • Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

Adjective

genial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.

Anagrams

  • Eaglin, Ealing, Neglia, igneal, linage

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.niˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒe.niˈal]

Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)

  1. genius
  2. brilliant, great

Derived terms

  • genialment

Related terms

  • geni
  • genialitat

Further reading

  • “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Shortening of earlier genialisch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

genial (strong nominative masculine singular genialer, comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)

  1. genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)
  2. (colloquial) excellent
    Synonyms: klasse, hervorragend

Declension

Derived terms

  • kongenial

Further reading

  • “genial” in Duden online
  • “genial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin genialis.

Adjective

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

  1. ingenious, brilliant

Related terms

  • geni

References

  • “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin genialis.

Adjective

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

  1. ingenious, brilliant

Related terms

  • geni

References

  • “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

Adjective

genial m or f (plural geniais)

  1. genial (marked by genius)
  2. genius (very clever)

Derived terms

  • genialmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French génial.

Adjective

genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)

  1. (literally) ingenious, characteristic of a genius
  2. (informal) great, fantastic, awesome

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or relating to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeˈnjal/ [xeˈnjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ge‧nial

Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)

  1. genial, pleasant
  2. great, cool, neat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
  3. splendid, gorgeous
    Synonym: espléndido
  4. ingenious
    Synonym: ingenioso

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)

  1. brilliant, "genius"
    Synonym: genialisk

Declension

See also

  • sinnrik (“ingenious”)

References

  • genial in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • genial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • genial in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org