genia

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See also: Genia, -genia, -genią, and Genią

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ɡeˈnia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧a

Adjective[edit]

genia (accusative singular genian, plural geniaj, accusative plural geniajn)

  1. ingenious

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Ancient Greek γενεᾱ́ (geneā́, birth; race; descent; offspring).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: ge‧nì‧a

Noun[edit]

genia f (plural genie)

  1. (archaic, literary) descent, race
    Synonyms: (literary) progenie, razza, (literary) schiatta, stirpe
  2. (derogatory) band, gang
    Synonyms: accolita, banda, combriccola, combutta, cricca, razza, risma, sorta

Further reading[edit]

  • genia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

genia

  1. genius

Inflection[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

genia n pl

  1. definite plural of geni

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

genia n pl

  1. definite plural of geni