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genie

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈd͡ʒiːni/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːni
  • homophone: genie
  • homophone: Jeannie
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/
  • homophone: Gini
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • genie in a bottle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spirit, disembodied spirit

Narrower terms: shaitan, shaytan, eblis

History

Etymology

From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَاْنّ جِنّ (jānn) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Arabic: جِنَّة (jinna) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Bulgarian: джин (džin) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神靈 /神灵 (shénlíng) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神仙 (shénxiān) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巨靈 /巨灵 (jùlíng) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎮尼 /镇尼 (zhènní) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Czech: džin — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • French: jinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • French: djinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • French: génie — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Georgian: ჯინი (ǯini) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Georgian: სული (suli) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • German: Dschinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • German: Djinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Greek: τζίνι (tzíni) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Greek: δαιμόνιο (daimónio) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Ancient Greek: δαιμόνιον (daimónion) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Hebrew: ג׳יני (jini) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Hindi: जिन्न (jinn) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Hindi: जिन (jin) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Hindi: जिन्द (jind) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Hungarian: dzsinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Japanese: 精霊 — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Japanese: ジン (jin) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Korean: 지니 (jini) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Latin: daemonium genius — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Malay: jin — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Mwani: jini — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Persian: جن (jenn) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Polish: dżinn — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Portuguese: gênio — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Portuguese: génio — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Romanian: geniu — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Russian: джинн (džinn) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Russian: дух (dux) — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Serbo-Croatian: џин — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Serbo-Croatian: дух — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Serbo-Croatian: džin — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Serbo-Croatian: duh — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Spanish: genio — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Swahili: jini — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Translingual: 🧞 — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Translingual: 🧞♀️ — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Turkish: cin — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Turkish: çor — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Urdu: جن — an unseen being in Muslim theology
  • Albanian: xhind — a fictional magical being
  • Arabic: جِنّ (jinn) — a fictional magical being
  • Arabic: جِنِّيّ (jinniyy) — a fictional magical being
  • Azerbaijani: cin — a fictional magical being
  • Bashkir: ен (yen) — a fictional magical being
  • Belarusian: джын (džyn) — a fictional magical being
  • Bengali: জ্বীন (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Bulgarian: джин (džin) — a fictional magical being
  • Catalan: geni — a fictional magical being
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神靈 /神灵 (shénlíng) — a fictional magical being
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神仙 (shénxiān) — a fictional magical being
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巨靈 /巨灵 (jùlíng) — a fictional magical being
  • Czech: džin — a fictional magical being
  • Esperanto: ĝino — a fictional magical being
  • Finnish: henki — a fictional magical being
  • French: génie — a fictional magical being
  • French: djinn — a fictional magical being
  • Georgian: ჯინი (ǯini) — a fictional magical being
  • German: Dschinn — a fictional magical being
  • German: Djinn — a fictional magical being
  • Hebrew: ג׳יני (jini) — a fictional magical being
  • Hindi: जिन्न (jinn) — a fictional magical being
  • Hindi: जिन (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Hindi: जिन्द (jind) — a fictional magical being
  • Hungarian: dzsinn — a fictional magical being
  • Italian: genio — a fictional magical being
  • Japanese: 精霊 — a fictional magical being
  • Japanese: ジン (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Kazakh: жын (jyn) — a fictional magical being
  • Kazakh: жін (jın) — a fictional magical being
  • Korean: 지니 (jini) — a fictional magical being
  • Kyrgyz: жин (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Macedonian: џин (džin) — a fictional magical being
  • Malay: jin — a fictional magical being
  • Māori: ariā — a fictional magical being
  • Mwani: jini — a fictional magical being
  • Pashto: جن (ǰen) — a fictional magical being
  • Persian: جن (jenn) — a fictional magical being
  • Polish: dżinn — a fictional magical being
  • Portuguese: gênio — a fictional magical being
  • Russian: джинн (džinn) — a fictional magical being
  • Russian: дух (dux) — a fictional magical being
  • Serbo-Croatian: џин — a fictional magical being
  • Serbo-Croatian: дух — a fictional magical being
  • Serbo-Croatian: džin — a fictional magical being
  • Serbo-Croatian: duh — a fictional magical being
  • Spanish: genio — a fictional magical being
  • Swahili: jini — a fictional magical being
  • Swedish: ande — a fictional magical being
  • Tajik: ҷин (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Tatar: җен (cen) — a fictional magical being
  • Thai: ญิน (yin) — a fictional magical being
  • Translingual: 🧞 — a fictional magical being
  • Translingual: 🧞♀️ — a fictional magical being
  • Turkish: cin — a fictional magical being
  • Turkish: çor — a fictional magical being
  • Turkmen: jyn — a fictional magical being
  • Ukrainian: джин (džyn) — a fictional magical being
  • Urdu: جن (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Uyghur: جىن (jin) — a fictional magical being
  • Uzbek: jin — a fictional magical being
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