genie
/ˈdʒiːni
/noun (plural genies or genii /ˈdʒiːnɪʌɪ/)
A spirit of Arabian folklore, as depicted traditionally imprisoned within a bottle or oil lamp, and capable of granting wishes when summoned. Compare with jinn.If you had your choice, if you could pull a genie out of a bottle and the genie could grant you three wishes, what would your three wishes be?...
- Proper genies only grant wishes when they want to.
- Supernatural creatures such as angels, genies, ghosts, and spirits, are believed to exist.
Origin
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'.