genre

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From French genre ‘kind’, from Latin genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος), from Indo-European *genes-. Compare gender.

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genre

Plural
genres

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.
    The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.

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genre n. (plural genres)

  1. kind, type, genre

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genre

  1. genre

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genre m. (plural genres)

  1. kind
  2. style
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. (biology) genus
  5. (archaic, colloquial) the done thing