genie

1. 1.

   (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

   Synonymsjinnijinneedjinnidjinnydjinn

   Broaderspirit

   Narrowershaitaneblis

   Islam

Other forms of genie

plural

genies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about genie

What does genie mean?

genie means "(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".

How many syllables are in genie?

genie has 2 syllables: ge-nie. The stress falls on "ge". In IPA it is /ˈdʒini/.

What is another word for genie?

Close synonyms include jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genie a common word?

genie is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.