English Explanatory Dictionary

genie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
name
  1. A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
  2. A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

Pronunciation

en-us-genie.ogg /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ /ˈd͡ʒiːni/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Genie.wav

Word forms

genie genii genies jinn djinn djinni djinny jinni jinnie jinnee

Etymology

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

Related words

🧞♂️ 🧞♀️ jann nasnas ghoul shaitan angel jinx

Derived words

genielike put the genie back in the bottle the genie is out of the bottle
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