genie
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/
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/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ · /ˈd͡ʒiːni/
Definition of genie
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
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noun
- A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
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A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
“genie in a bottle”
name
- A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
- A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
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Etymology
From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).
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