Discover the French sentence "C'est génial"

Get prepared to find out all the things you have to know about the basic French sentence "C'est génial !". More precisely, it includes a detailed definition of what it is and how to use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. And also the cool stuff we sprinkled like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonyms and more!

French to English translation

Translation : That's great!
Register : Informal - Basic

Pronunciation

Slow

Normal

IPA : / sɛ ʒenjal ! /

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C'est génial ! meaning

Definition

The literal meaning is:

C'est → It's
Génial → Genious

The literal meaning can be misleading, because actually "C'est génial" means "That's great" and not "That's genius". To say that, use "C'est du génie" instead.

Let's see some examples on how to use "C'est génial" below!

How to use it

Someone asks you if you enjoy biking in the mountains, you can say: "Oui, c'est génial" (Yes, that's great!) or even simply "J'adore" (I enjoy it a lot).

You can also use it in a sentence, for example: "J'ai appris qu'ils ont trouvé un vaccin. C'est génial !" (I learned they found a vaccine. That's great!)

If what you are talking about happened in the past, use instead "C'était génial !" (It was great!), and if it happens in the future, you can say: "Ça va être génial !" (It's going to be great!)

Synonyms / Related

C'est trop bien ! ("That's so great!")
C'est super ! ("That's super!")
C'est super bien ! ("That's super great!")
C'est top ! ("That's great!")
C'est magnifique ! ("That's magnificent!")
C'est parfait ! ("That's perfect!")

Example in a dialogue with French audio

Dialogue

J'ai réussi mon examen !

I passed my exam!

C'est génial !

That's great!

Merci ! Je suis aux anges !

Thanks! I'm ecstatic!