"genial" meaning in English

See genial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/ [General-American], /-ni.əl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-genial.ogg Forms: more genial [comparative], most genial [superlative]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl Etymology: From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{der|en|frm|génial}} Middle French génial, {{der|en|la|genialis|geniālis|of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial}} Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)
  1. Friendly and cheerful. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (friendly and cheerful): общителен (obštitelen) (Bulgarian), дружелюбен (druželjuben) (Bulgarian), ystävällinen (Finnish), lempeä (Finnish), მეგობრული (megobruli) (Georgian), გულთბილი (gultbili) (Georgian), კეთილი (ḳetili) (Georgian), hūmārie (Maori), schaftich (Plautdietsch), дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj) (Russian), раду́шный (radúšnyj) (Russian), campechano (Spanish), rhadlon (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-7Z3U17FT Disambiguation of Personality: 45 0 31 5 16 3 Disambiguation of 'friendly and cheerful': 97 0 2 0 1
  2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm. Tags: especially Translations (pleasantly mild and warm): мек (mek) (Bulgarian), leuto (Finnish), leppeä (Finnish), გულთბილი (gultbili) (Georgian), თბილი (tbili) (Georgian), რბილი (rbili) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-FuRM~H-1 Disambiguation of 'pleasantly mild and warm': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. Marked by genius. Translations (marked by genius): генія́льны (hjenijálʹny) (Belarusian), гениален (genialen) (Bulgarian), genial (Danish), geniaal (Dutch), nerokas (Finnish), génial [masculine] (French), გენიალური (genialuri) (Georgian), genial (German), zseniális (Hungarian), genialny (Polish), genial [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), гениа́льный (geniálʹnyj) (Russian), genial (Swedish), геніа́льний (heniálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-ykwGiTbI Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 4 32 37 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 4 32 38 17 Disambiguation of 'marked by genius': 1 0 81 1 17
  4. (archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-AXntvra1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 22 49 13 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 0 0 22 49 13 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 0 24 63 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 4 4 0 0 12 42 6 6 2 0 9 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 0 0 10 52 5 5 2 0 8 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 11 4 28 41 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 4 27 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 3 22 54 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 0 0 23 64 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 4 28 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 0 22 66 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 4 32 37 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 6 21 55 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 3 28 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 4 28 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 0 0 9 88 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 4 29 41 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 4 32 38 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 0 20 71 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 0 19 71 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 4 27 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 4 28 42 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 0 0 22 65 12
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-l84ejZyx Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 4 32 37 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 4 32 38 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: congenial
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˈniːəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/ [General-American], /-ˈni.əl/ [General-American]
Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|γένειον||chin}} Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”), {{af|en|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} genial (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-genial-en-adj-ELgZQU0i Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "text": "The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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          "ref": "1953 March, Baynham Honri, “Filming \"The Titfield Thunderbolt\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 164:",
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          "ref": "2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111:",
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          "text": "The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.",
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          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
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        "(archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "obštitelen",
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      "word": "общителен"
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      "word": "ystävällinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "lempeä"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "megobruli",
      "sense": "friendly and cheerful",
      "word": "მეგობრული"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "friendly and cheerful",
      "word": "კეთილი"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "schaftich"
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      "word": "rhadlon"
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      "roman": "mek",
      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "мек"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "leuto"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "leppeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gultbili",
      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "გულთბილი"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "tbili",
      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "თბილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "rbili",
      "sense": "pleasantly mild and warm",
      "word": "რბილი"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hjenijálʹny",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "генія́льны"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "genialen",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "гениален"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "genial"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "geniaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "nerokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "génial"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "genialuri",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "გენიალური"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "genial"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "zseniális"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "genialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
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      "word": "genial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "гениа́льный"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "genial"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "heniálʹnyj",
      "sense": "marked by genius",
      "word": "геніа́льний"
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}

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