genie

noun

ge·​nie ˈjē-nē 

plural genies also genii ˈjē-nē(-ˌī) 

1

: jinni sense 1

2

: a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it

Examples of genie in a Sentence

He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

Recent Examples on the Web

The show, which centered on an astronaut (Larry Hagman) who falls in love with a genie (Eden), ran for five seasons from 1965 to 1970 and is regarded as Eden's most notable role. —Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023

Sorry to tell you, but once the genie left the bottle on NIL, regulation was hopeless. —Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023

Maron is starring alongside Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu in the film, a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023

For Eden, invoking the 2,000-year-old genie is still fun, more than 50 years after the show taped its final episode. —Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023

The actress later even did her iconic character's trademark genie pose while stopping along the arrivals line for photographers. —Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023

The blurry line between wishes and stories is apparent in Three Thousand Years of Longing, the new film from director George Miller that stars Idris Elba as a centuries-old genie and Tilda Swinton as the modern woman who releases him from his bottle. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2022

That genie seems unlikely to go back in the bottle. —Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 7 May 2022

Many physicists realized that the genie was out of the bottle and recognized this mistrust—or shared it. —Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

French génie, from Arabic jinnī

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

genie

noun

ge·​nie ˈjē-nē 

: a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it