Dictionary

genie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • genie in a bottle

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

🧞♀️ · jann · 🧞♂️ · shaitan · nasnas · jinx · ghoul · angel

Translations (108)

sh џин (a fictional magical being) · ur جن (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · th ญิน (a fictional magical being) · az cin (a fictional magical being) · tr cin (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · he ג׳יני (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hu dzsinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ja ジン (a fictional magical being) · mk џин (a fictional magical being) · sh džin (a fictional magical being) · uk джин (a fictional magical being) · fr djinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · tk jyn (a fictional magical being) · cmn 巨靈 /巨灵 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · mul 🧞♀️ (a fictional magical being) · uz jin (a fictional magical being) · bg джин (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · cmn 巨靈 /巨灵 (a fictional magical being) · ps جن (a fictional magical being) · ka ჯინი (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · fa جن (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ca geni (a fictional magical being) · ar جَاْنّ جِنّ (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · mul 🧞♀️ (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · pl dżinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · bn জ্বীন (a fictional magical being) · ja 精霊 (a fictional magical being) · mul 🧞 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ru дух (a fictional magical being) · de Dschinn (a fictional magical being) · mi ariā (a fictional magical being) · bg джин (a fictional magical being) · tr çor (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · de Djinn (a fictional magical being) · sh duh (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · be джын (a fictional magical being) · fr génie (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hi जिन (a fictional magical being) · cmn 神靈 /神灵 (a fictional magical being) · he ג׳יני (a fictional magical being) · cmn 神仙 (a fictional magical being) · ar جِنِّيّ (a fictional magical being) · hi जिन्न (a fictional magical being) · de Djinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sw jini (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ro geniu (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · tr cin (a fictional magical being) · tr çor (a fictional magical being) · ka სული (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · fi henki (a fictional magical being) · ko 지니 (a fictional magical being) · tt җен (a fictional magical being) · sh џин (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sv ande (a fictional magical being) · pl dżinn (a fictional magical being) · cs džin (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · wmw jini (a fictional magical being) · ru джинн (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ka ჯინი (a fictional magical being) · eo ĝino (a fictional magical being) · ky жин (a fictional magical being) · ms jin (a fictional magical being) · fa جن (a fictional magical being) · fr jinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · la daemonium genius (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ug جىن (a fictional magical being) · wmw jini (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hi जिन (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ar جِنَّة (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sh дух (a fictional magical being) · fr génie (a fictional magical being) · es genio (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ko 지니 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ar جِنّ (a fictional magical being) · el τζίνι (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · pt génio (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hi जिन्द (a fictional magical being) · sw jini (a fictional magical being) · hi जिन्न (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · kk жін (a fictional magical being) · it genio (a fictional magical being) · sh džin (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · el δαιμόνιο (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hi जिन्द (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · cmn 神仙 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · hu dzsinn (a fictional magical being) · kk жын (a fictional magical being) · fr djinn (a fictional magical being) · cs džin (a fictional magical being) · pt gênio (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sq xhind (a fictional magical being) · cmn 神靈 /神灵 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sh дух (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · es genio (a fictional magical being) · grc δαιμόνιον (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · sh duh (a fictional magical being) · de Dschinn (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ba ен (a fictional magical being) · ja 精霊 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ru джинн (a fictional magical being) · ru дух (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ur جن (a fictional magical being) · pt gênio (a fictional magical being) · ja ジン (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · tg ҷин (a fictional magical being) · cmn 鎮尼 /镇尼 (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · ms jin (an unseen being in Muslim theology) · mul 🧞 (a fictional magical being)