genie
pronunciation
How to pronounce genie in British English:
UK [ˈdʒi:ni]
How to pronounce genie in American English:
US [ˈdʒini]
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- Noun:
- (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
Word Origin
- genie (n.)
- 1650s, "tutelary spirit," from French génie, from Latin genius (see genius); used in French translation of "Arabian Nights" to render Arabic jinni, singular of jinn, which it accidentally resembled, and attested in English with this sense from 1748.
Example
- 1. The genie is already out of the bottle .
- 2. By 1989 that genie was right out of the bottle .
- 3. European politicians are desperately trying to cram the genie back into the bottle .
- 4. The least convincing criticism is that mr gorbachev failed to manage the genie of nationalism .
- 5. Keynes would be horrified that the world has let the genie of free capital flows out of the bottle .