genie

CEFRC1

/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A magical spirit that can grant wishes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Examples

  • The genie asked Tom to make a wish.

  • You can't put the genie back in the bottle.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

  2. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

More examples

In context

  • genie in a bottle

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The old lamp contained a powerful blank that granted wishes.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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