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"pratibhāśālī", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "प्रतिभाशाली" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pratibhāvān", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "प्रतिभावान" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "géniusz" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "zseni" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "lángész" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "lángelme" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "snillingur" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "genio" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "genius" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "jenius" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "duine ardéirime" }, { "alt": "てんさい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tensai", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "天才" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "teipiereak", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "ទេពារក្ស" }, { "alt": "天才", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "cheonjae", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "천재" }, { "code": "ckb", "lang": "Central Kurdish", "roman": "blîmet", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "بلیمەت" }, { "code": "lad", "lang": "Ladino", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "djenio" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ģēnijs" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "genij", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "гениј" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "genijálec", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "генија́лец" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "pintar" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "pratibha", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "പ്രതിഭ" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ardcheeayllagh" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "nâbeğe", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "نابغه" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "ženi", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "word": "ژنی" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "geniusz" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "Portugal", "masculine" ], "word": "génio" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "Brazil", "masculine" ], "word": "gênio" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill", "tags": [ "Brazil", "informal", "masculine" ], "word": 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"expansion": "Doublet of genio", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genio. See also genus.", "forms": [ { "form": "more genius", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most genius", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "genius (comparative more genius, superlative most genius)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English informal terms", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "What a genius idea!", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2002, Oskar Bandle, Lennart Elmevik, Gun Widmark, The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the North Germanic Languages, volume 1, page 466:", "text": "Bjarte Birkeland asserts that the reason why Nynorsk writers of fiction have succeeded in coming so close to naked life is not that they are more genius than authors writing in Bokmal, but that they are using their mother tongue", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:", "text": "We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2019, Iswarya Somasundaram, Research the Treasure, page 64:", "text": "But Vahul was more genius than Rishi.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2022 August 2, Wanda Sutherland, “Dangers of vaping: Teen use of e-cigarettes considered epidemic”, in Elk Valley Times:", "text": "She said the writing for these products “is very genius” because it's carefully done.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original." ], "links": [ [ "Ingenious", "ingenious" ], [ "brilliant", "brilliant" ], [ "clever", "clever" ], [ "original", "original" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal) Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original." ], "tags": [ "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "jēniəs" }, { "enpr": "jēnyəs" }, { "ipa": "/ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-genius.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-genius.ogg/En-us-genius.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-genius.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːniəs" }, { "rhymes": "-iːnjəs" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʕabqariyy", "sense": "very clever", "word": "عَبْقَرِيّ" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "hjenijálʹny", "sense": "very clever", "word": "генія́льны" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "genialen", "sense": "very clever", "word": "гениален" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "very clever", "word": "geniaal" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "very clever", "word": "genialny" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "geniálʹnyj", "sense": "very clever", "word": "гениа́льный" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "very clever", "word": "dâhice" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "heniálʹnyj", "sense": "very clever", "word": "геніа́льний" } ], "word": "genius" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "id", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ǵenh₁-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "id", "2": "la", "3": "genius", "t": "inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance" }, "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”)", "name": "lbor" }, { "args": { "1": "id", "2": "itc-ola", "3": "genō" }, "expansion": "Old Latin genō", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "id", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "id", "2": "enjin", "3": "insinyur", "4": "zeni" }, "expansion": "Doublet of enjin, insinyur, and zeni", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of enjin, insinyur, and zeni.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "head": "", "pl": "-" }, "expansion": "genius", "name": "id-adj" } ], "hyphenation": [ "gé‧ni‧us" ], "lang": "Indonesian", "lang_code": "id", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Indonesian adjectives", "Indonesian doublets", "Indonesian entries with incorrect language header", "Indonesian learned borrowings from Latin", "Indonesian lemmas", "Indonesian terms borrowed from Latin", "Indonesian terms derived from Latin", "Indonesian terms derived from Old Latin", "Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "Indonesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-", "Indonesian terms with redundant script codes", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "genius: ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original." ], "links": [ [ "genius", "genius#English" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "[ɡeˈniʊs]", "tags": [ "standard" ] }, { "ipa": "[dʒeˈniʊs]", "tags": [ "common" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "nonstandard" ], "word": "jenius" } ], "word": "genius" } { "categories": [ "Latin 3-syllable words", "Latin entries with incorrect language header", "Latin lemmas", "Latin masculine nouns", "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension", "Latin nouns", "Latin second declension nouns", "Latin terms derived from Old Latin", "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic", "Latin terms derived from Semitic languages", "Latin terms derived from substrate languages", "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-", "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "la:Ethics", "la:Religion" ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ca", "2": "giny", "3": "geni", "bor2": "1" }, "expansion": "Catalan: giny, → geni", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Catalan: giny, → geni" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "genie", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Dutch: genie", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Dutch: genie" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "genius", "3": "genie", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ English: genius, genie", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ English: genius, genie" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "génie", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ French: génie", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ French: génie" }, { "depth": 2, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "genie", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ English: genie", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ English: genie" }, { "depth": 2, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Genie", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ German: Genie", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ German: Genie" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Genius", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ German: Genius", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ German: Genius" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "it", "2": "genio", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Italian: genio", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Italian: genio" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pt", "2": "génio", "alts": "1", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Portuguese: génio, gênio (Brazil)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Portuguese: génio, gênio (Brazil)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ro", "2": "geniu", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Romanian: geniu", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Romanian: geniu" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sh", "2": "genij", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "genio", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Spanish: genio", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Spanish: genio" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ǵenh₁-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "itc-pro", "3": "sem" }, "expansion": "", "name": "dercat" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ǵenh₁-", "t": "to beget" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "itc-ola", "3": "genō", "t": "to beget, give birth; to produce, cause" }, "expansion": "Old Latin genō (“to beget, give birth; to produce, cause”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "ine-pro", "2": "", "3": "*-yós", "alt2": "*-yos", "nocat": "1" }, "expansion": "+ *-yos", "name": "suf" }, { "args": { "1": "gem-pro", "2": "*kunją", "3": "", "4": "kin" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sa", "2": "जन्य", "g": "n", "t": "lineage, tribe, people", "tr": "jánya" }, "expansion": "Sanskrit जन्य n (jánya, “lineage, tribe, people”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "arc", "2": "ܓܢܝܐ", "t": "tutelary deity", "tr": "ginnaya" }, "expansion": "Aramaic ܓܢܝܐ (ginnaya, “tutelary deity”)", "name": "noncog" }, { "args": { "1": "ar", "2": "جِنِّي", "t": "jinn, spirit, demon" }, "expansion": "Arabic جِنِّي (jinnī, “jinn, spirit, demon”)", "name": "noncog" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "qfa-sub" }, "expansion": "substrate", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”), perhaps through Old Latin genō (“to beget, give birth; to produce, cause”), + *-yos; compare Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin”) and Sanskrit जन्य n (jánya, “lineage, tribe, people”), though all probably independent formations. 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Doublet of geni.", "forms": [ { "form": "geniusen", "tags": [ "definite", "singular" ] }, { "form": "genier", "tags": [ "indefinite", "plural" ] }, { "form": "geniene", "tags": [ "definite", "plural" ] } ], "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "lang_code": "nb", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Norwegian Bokmål doublets", "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header", "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas", "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns", "Norwegian Bokmål nouns", "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin", "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "genius" ], "links": [ [ "genius", "genius#English" ] ], "tags": [ "masculine" ] } ], "word": "genius" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ǵenh₁-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "la", "3": "genius" }, "expansion": "Latin genius", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "geni" }, "expansion": "Doublet of geni", "name": "doublet" } ], "etymology_text": "From Latin genius. 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