genius
Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skillSomeone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
» He is a genius.
Er ist ein Genie.
Он гений.
Він геній.
Meaning
4 senses(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
(uncountable)Extraordinary mental capacity.
Genialität
гениа́льностьgeniálʹnostʹ, одарённостьodarjónnostʹ
геніа́льністьheniálʹnistʹ, ге́нійhénij
unusual mental ability
(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
(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 sentencesHe is a genius.
Він геній.
ruОн гений.
deEr ist ein Genie.
You are a genius.
Ти геній.
ruТы гений.
deDu bist ein Genie.
Is Tom a genius?
Том геній?
ruТом гений?
deIst Tom ein Genie?
Tom is a genius.
Том — геній.
ruТом - гений.
deTom ist ein Genie.
I'm not a genius.
Я не геній.
ruЯ не гений.
deIch bin kein Genie.
Translations
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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 / geniiSynonyms
39 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
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