adj
Meaning 1
Friendly and cheerful; enlivening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a genial glow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
genial
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/
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General-American: /-ni.əl/
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rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
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Received-Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈniːəl/
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General-American: /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/
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General-American: /-ˈni.əl/
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rhymes with (General American) -aɪəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Pleasantly mild and warm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather
Examples
- genial warmth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Marked by genius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Pertaining to marriage; nuptial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Qualifier: originally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Relating to or resembling a genius (Roman tutelary deity).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman, uncommon
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Relating to the chin; genian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mental
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
diffusing warmth and friendliness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an affable smile
- an amiable gathering
- cordial relations
- a cordial greeting
- a genial host
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: affable, amiable, cordial
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
agreeable, conducive to comfort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dry climate kind to asthmatics
- the genial sunshine
- hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kind
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French génial, borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: общителен (obštitelen) — friendly and cheerful
- Bulgarian: дружелюбен (druželjuben) — friendly and cheerful
- Finnish: ystävällinen — friendly and cheerful
- Finnish: lempeä — friendly and cheerful
- Georgian: მეგობრული (megobruli) — friendly and cheerful
- Georgian: გულთბილი (gultbili) — friendly and cheerful
- Georgian: კეთილი (ḳetili) — friendly and cheerful
- Māori: hūmārie — friendly and cheerful
- Māori: hūmārika — friendly and cheerful
- Māori: hātai — friendly and cheerful
- Plautdietsch: schaftich — friendly and cheerful
- Russian: дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj) — friendly and cheerful
- Russian: раду́шный (radúšnyj) — friendly and cheerful
- Spanish: campechano — friendly and cheerful
- Welsh: rhadlon — friendly and cheerful
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — pleasantly mild and warm
- Finnish: leuto — pleasantly mild and warm
- Finnish: leppeä — pleasantly mild and warm
- Georgian: გულთბილი (gultbili) — pleasantly mild and warm
- Georgian: თბილი (tbili) — pleasantly mild and warm
- Georgian: რბილი (rbili) — pleasantly mild and warm
- Belarusian: генія́льны (hjenijálʹny) — marked by genius
- Bulgarian: гениален (genialen) — marked by genius
- Danish: genial — marked by genius
- Dutch: geniaal — marked by genius
- Finnish: nerokas — marked by genius
- French: génial — marked by genius
- Georgian: გენიალური (genialuri) — marked by genius
- German: genial — marked by genius
- Hungarian: zseniális — marked by genius
- Polish: genialny — marked by genius
- Portuguese: genial — marked by genius
- Russian: гениа́льный (geniálʹnyj) — marked by genius
- Swedish: genial — marked by genius
- Ukrainian: геніа́льний (heniálʹnyj) — marked by genius