genre
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See also Genre
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-. Compare gender.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
genre (plural genres)
- 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.
- The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.
Synonyms [edit]
- kind
- type
- class
- See also Wikisaurus:class
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
kind; type; sort
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Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
genre n (plural genres)
Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɡenre/
Noun [edit]
genre
Declension [edit]
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Declension of genre (type nalle)
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Synonyms [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin genus (genitive generis), cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
genre m (plural genres)
- kind
- Le genre humain.
- style
- le genre dramatique.
- (grammar) gender
- Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
- (biology) genus
- Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
- look, type
- Il essaie de se donner un genre.
- (archaic, colloquial) the done thing
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin genus (genitive generis), cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-.
Noun [edit]
genre m (plural genres)
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
genre c
- a genre
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English borrowed terms
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- en:Genres
- Dutch nouns
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Grammar
- fr:Biology
- French archaic terms
- French colloquialisms
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais nouns
- roa-jer:Grammar
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish nouns