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See also: Genre and genré

English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.

Pronunciation

Noun

genre (plural genres)

  1. A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
    The still life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
    This film is a cross-genre piece, dark and funny at the same time.
    The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.
    • 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38:
      One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.

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Verb

genre (third-person singular simple present genres, present participle genring or genreing, simple past and past participle genred)

  1. To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

Pronunciation

Noun

genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)

  1. genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...
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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French genre. Doublet of gender and genus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɑnrə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gen‧re

Noun

genre n (plural genres)

  1. kind, type, genre

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡenre/, [ˈɡe̞nre̞]
  • Rhymes: -enre
  • Syllabification(key): gen‧re
  • Hyphenation(key): gen‧re

Noun

genre

  1. genre

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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