génial
French, adjective/ʒe.njal/
génial is spelled G-É-N-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Génial is a French adjective meaning “ingenious, characteristic of a genius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Où il y a du génie”.
What does génial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ingenious, characteristic of a genius
- 2
informalgreat, fantastic, awesome
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Où il y a du génie. 2. (Utilisé aussi comme une interjection) Excellent, remarquable, extraordinaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of génial
- géniale feminine
- géniaux masculine plural
- géniales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce génial?
- /ʒe.njal/
- \ʒe.njal\
- [ʒe.njal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to génial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is génial in French?
génial appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).