jinnee

Other forms of jinnee

plural

jinnees·

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 jinnee

What does jinnee mean?

jinnee 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 jinnee?

jinnee has 2 syllables: jin-nee. The stress falls on "jin".

What is another word for jinnee?

Close synonyms include genie, jinni, 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 jinnee a common word?

jinnee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.