# genial
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːnɪəl
* Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

#### Adjective

genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)
* Friendly and cheerful.
** 1953 March, Baynham Honri, “Filming "The Titfield Thunderbolt"”, in Railway Magazine, page 164:George Relph plays the part of the Vicar of the Parish, a railway enthusiast, who becomes amateur engine driver, with Sir Godfrey Tearle (the Bishop) as his fireman, while Stanley Holloway is the genial toper who provides the cash to buy the line.
* (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
* Marked by genius.
** 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:Men of genius have so often attacht 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.
* (archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
** 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:the genial bed
** 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:Creator Venus, genial power of love.
* (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
** 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:natural incapacity and genial indisposition

##### Derived terms

* congenial
* geniality
* genialize
* genially
* genialness
* overgenial
* ungenial

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/
* (General American) IPA: /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/
* Rhymes: (General American) -aɪəl
* Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

#### Adjective

genial (not comparable)
* (anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.

### Anagrams

* Ealing, galine, igneal, Neglia, linage, Eaglin

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geniālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.niˈal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.niˈal]

### Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural genials)
* genius
* brilliant, great

#### Derived terms

* genialment

#### Related terms

* geni
* genialitat

#### Further reading

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

## German
### Etymology

Shortening of earlier genialisch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡeˈni̯aːl/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

genial (strong nominative masculine singular genialer, comparative genialer, superlative am genialsten)
* genius, ingenious, genial (in the sense of genius)
* (colloquial) excellent
    Synonyms: klasse, hervorragend

#### Derived terms

* kongenial

### Further reading

* “genial” in Duden online
* “genial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin genialis.

### Adjective

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
* ingenious, brilliant

#### Related terms

* geni

### References

* “genial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin genialis.

### Adjective

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)
* ingenious, brilliant

#### Related terms

* geni

### References

* “genial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒe.niˈaw/ [ʒe.nɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈnjaw/ [ʒeˈnjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨˈnjal/ [ʒɨˈnjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨˈnjal/ [ʒɨˈnjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʒɨˈnja.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧al

### Adjective

genial m or f (plural geniais)
* genial (marked by genius)
* genius (very clever)

#### Derived terms

* genialmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French génial.

### Adjective

genial m or n (feminine singular genială, masculine plural geniali, feminine and neuter plural geniale)
* (literally) ingenious, characteristic of a genius
* (informal) great, fantastic, awesome

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xeˈnjal/ [xeˈnjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ge‧nial

### Adjective

genial m or f (masculine and feminine plural geniales)
* genial, pleasant
* great, cool, neat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
* splendid, gorgeous
    Synonym: espléndido
* ingenious
    Synonym: ingenioso

#### Derived terms

* genialmente

#### Related terms

* genialidad
* genio

#### Further reading

* “genial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

genial (comparative genialare, superlative genialast)
* brilliant, "genius"
    Synonym: genialisk
    en genial lösninga brilliant solution

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* sinnrik (“ingenious”)

### References

* genial in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* genial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* genial in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)