genies
Meaning of genies
plural noun
a spirit of Arabian folklore, as depicted traditionally imprisoned within a bottle or oil lamp, and capable of granting wishes when summoned.
mid 17th century (denoting a guardian or protective spirit): from French génie, from Latin genius (see genius). Génie was adopted in the current sense by the 18th-century French translators of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, because of its resemblance in form and sense to Arabic jinnī ‘jinnee’.
Information about genies
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Hyphenation of genies
ge-nies
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- genies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of genies
Words that rhyme with genies
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