genius

Etymology
From, from , , from the root. . See also genus.

Noun

 * 1)   Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
 * 2)   Extraordinary mental capacity.
 * 3)   Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
 * 4)   The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
 * 1)   Extraordinary mental capacity.
 * 2)   Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
 * 3)   The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
 * 1)   Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
 * 2)   The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
 * 1)   The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
 * 1)   The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Usage notes

 * The plural, although usual in mythology , is rare and only used humorously to refer to talented or smart people.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: jeinu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: geniulo
 * Estonian: geenius, suurvaim
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გენიოსი, გენია, ნიჭიერი ადამიანი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian: akamai
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: duine ardéirime
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ទេពារក្ស
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Ladino: djenio
 * Latvian: ģēnijs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: гениј, генија́лец
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: ardcheeayllagh
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, genia
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: อัจฉริยบุคคล
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ге́ній
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: athrylith
 * Yiddish: גאון


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: düha
 * Bulgarian: гениалност
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: geni
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: geniaalsus
 * Finnish:, , nerollisuus
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნიჭიერება, გენიალურობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ardéirim
 * Ladino: djenio
 * Latvian: apdāvinātība, ģenialitāte
 * Macedonian: генија́лност, гениј
 * Manx: ardcheeayll
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: genialnost
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: геніа́льність, ге́ній
 * Vietnamese: (天才)
 * Welsh: athrylith, dawn arbennig


 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: გენიალურობა

Adjective

 * 1)  Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

Usage notes

 * Some writers put this word in quotation marks, especially in comparative or superlative expressions, indicating that they do not yet find it fully acceptable.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَبْقَرِيّ
 * Belarusian: генія́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: геніа́льний

Etymology
, from, , from the root. .

Adjective

 * : ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

Etymology
Ultimately from, perhaps through , ; compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, though all probably independent formations. Comparisons with, and with and , suggest the effects of an older  word.

Noun

 * 1) the deity or guardian spirit of a person, place, etc.; a daemon, a daimon cf. Ancient Greek
 * 2) an inborn nature or innate character, especially (though not exclusively) as endowed by a personal (especially tutelar) spirit or deity.
 * 3)  the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations
 * 4)  wit, talents, genius rare

Quotations
si modo, cum de me cogitat, ille calet.
 * Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 328f. containing Albius Tibullus III, XI, 9f. = IV, V, 9f. with a translation into English by J. P. Postgate:
 * magne Geni, cape tura libens votisque faveto,
 * Great Genius, take this incense with a will, and smile upon my prayer, if only when he thinks on me his pulse beats high.

Etymology
From. .

Etymology
From. .