genio

See also: Genio, génio, gênio, genio-, and génio-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːniəʊ/

Noun

genio (plural genios)

1. (archaic, rare) Somebody having a particular way of thinking.
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     Some genios which are not capable of pure affection […]

     The spelling has been modernized.

Related terms

• genius

References

• “genio”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡeˈnio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧o

Noun

genio (accusative singular genion, plural genioj, accusative plural geniojn)

1. genius (intelligence)
2. genius (intelligent person)

   Synonym: geniulo

3. (Roman mythology) genius

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeni̯o/

Noun

genio (uncountable)

1. genius, brilliance

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njo/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjo
• Hyphenation: gè‧nio

Noun

genio m (plural geni)

1. genius
2. spirit, genie

   genio della lampada ― genie in a bottle

3. (military, with the definite article) the engineers, corps

Derived terms

• genio civile (“civil engineers”)
• andare a genio

Anagrams

• -gione, Iengo, igneo, niego

Latin

Noun

geniō

1. dative/ablative singular of genius

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxenjo/ [ˈxe.njo]
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: ge‧nio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin genius, related to gignō (“to beget”) and genus (“birth, origin”).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

1. genius
2. temper, mood (normally a bad temper)

   Esa tía tiene mucho genio.

   She's one bad-tempered chick.

Derived terms

• corto de genio
• genio y figura hasta la sepultura
• geniudo
• llevar el genio
• mal genio

 

Related terms

• genial
• ingenio

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: henyo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French génie, of Latin influence but based on Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

Noun

genio m (plural genios)

1. (folklore, mythology, fantasy) jinn, genie

Further reading

• “genio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28