genial

From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)

1. Friendly and cheerful.
2. (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
3. Marked by genius.
   • Hare

     Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works.

   • 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 :

     About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.

4. (archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:

     The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.

   • Milton

     the genial bed

   • Dryden

     Creator Venus, genial power of love.

5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     natural incapacity and genial indisposition

• congenial

From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

genial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.

• Eaglin, Ealing, igneal, linage

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒə.niˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈal/

genial (masculine and feminine plural genials)

1. genius
2. brilliant, great

• genialment

• geni
• genialitat

• “genial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈni̯aːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

genial (comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)

1. genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)

• genial in Duden online

From Latin genialis

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

1. ingenious, brilliant

• geni

• “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin genialis

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

1. ingenious, brilliant

• geni

• “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

genial m or f (plural geniais, comparable)

1. genial (marked by genius)
2. genius (very clever)

From Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

• IPA^(key): /xeˈnjal/

genial (plural geniales)

1. splendid, gorgeous, great
2. ingenious
3. genial, pleasant

• genialmente

• genialidad
• genio

• “genial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.