Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

    She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!

    Genie

    ге́нийgénij

    ге́нійhénij

  2. (uncountable)Extraordinary mental capacity.

    Genialität

    гениа́льностьgeniálʹnostʹ, одарённостьodarjónnostʹ

    геніа́льністьheniálʹnistʹ, ге́нійhénij

    unusual mental ability

  3. (uncountable)Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

    a work of genius

    to add a dash of cinnamon amid such umami was pure genius

  4. (Roman, also, countable, figuratively)The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

    and the genius of the place: the growing enthusiasm for codified standards in the Army and Navy

Examples

344 sentences
  1. He is a genius.

    Він геній.

    ruОн гений.

    deEr ist ein Genie.

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  2. You are a genius.

    Ти геній.

    ruТы гений.

    deDu bist ein Genie.

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  3. Is Tom a genius?

    Том геній?

    ruТом гений?

    deIst Tom ein Genie?

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  4. Tom is a genius.

    Том — геній.

    ruТом - гений.

    deTom ist ein Genie.

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  5. I'm not a genius.

    Я не геній.

    ruЯ не гений.

    deIch bin kein Genie.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill:
extraordinary mental capacity:
Русский
By meaning 2
someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill:
extraordinary mental capacity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill:
extraordinary mental capacity:

Origin

From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”

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 and genie.

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Forms

plural: geniuses / genii
Singulargenius
Pluralgeniuses / genii

regular

Synonyms

39 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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