genre
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus, generem (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)). Doublet of gender, genus, and kin.
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒɑn.ɹə/
Audio (US) (file)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒɒn.ɹə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑnɚ/
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.
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- kind
- type
- class
- See also Thesaurus:class
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
genre (third-person singular simple present genres, present participle genring or genreing, simple past and past participle genred)
- To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:genred.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French genre (“kind, style”), from Latin genus (“type, kind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)
- genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genre n (plural genres)
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genre
Declension edit
Inflection of genre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | genre | genret | ||
genitive | genren | genrejen | ||
partitive | genreä | genrejä | ||
illative | genreen | genreihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | genre | genret | ||
accusative | nom. | genre | genret | |
gen. | genren | |||
genitive | genren | genrejen genreinrare | ||
partitive | genreä | genrejä | ||
inessive | genressä | genreissä | ||
elative | genrestä | genreistä | ||
illative | genreen | genreihin | ||
adessive | genrellä | genreillä | ||
ablative | genreltä | genreiltä | ||
allative | genrelle | genreille | ||
essive | genrenä | genreinä | ||
translative | genreksi | genreiksi | ||
abessive | genrettä | genreittä | ||
instructive | — | genrein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “genre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin genus (compare stem of the genitive generis). Cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃ʁ/, (colloquial) /ʒɔʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: genres
- Hyphenation: genre
Noun edit
genre m (plural genres)
- kind
- Le genre humain.
- The human race
- style
- Le genre dramatique.
- The dramatic genre
- (grammar) gender (of nouns)
- Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
- French words are either masculine or feminine.
- (grammar) voice (of verbs)
- 1742, Nova elementa seu rudimenta linguae latinae, page 52:
- Huit choses arrivent au Verbe : Le Genre, le Mœuf, le Tems, la Personne, le Nombre, la Conjugaison, la Figure, ou la forme. Il y a cinq Genres de Verbes Personnels: l’Actif, le Passif, le Neutre, le Déponent & le Commun.
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- gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc)
- Mon genre est non-binaire.
- My gender is non-binary.
- (biology) genus
- Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
- Any living or extinct species has a genus, according to the binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl von Linné.
- look, type
- Il essaie de se donner un genre.
- He tries to give himself a look.
- (archaic, colloquial) the done thing
Derived terms edit
- BCBG, bon chic bon genre
- cisgenre, transgenre
- en tous genres
- en tout genre
- études de genre
- faire genre
- faire mauvais genre
- genre humain
- unique en son genre
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: жанр (žanr)
- → Dalmatian: genro
- → English: genre
- → Norwegian: sjangre
- → Franco-Provençal: janro
- → Macedonian: жанр (žanr)
- → Persian: ژانر (žânr)
- → Russian: жанр (žanr)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Ukrainian: жанр (žanr)
Particle edit
genre
- (colloquial) like
- Je suis genre rarement énervé.
- I'm like rarely annoyed.
Further reading edit
- “genre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- « Genre », un tic de langage dont la signification glisse à mesure que sa popularité augmente, Clara Cini, lemonde.fr, 10 February 2021.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin genus, generis. Compare Ancient Greek γένος (génos)).
Noun edit
genre m (plural genres)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrer, definite plural genrene)
- alternative spelling of sjanger
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrar, definite plural genrane)
- alternative spelling of sjanger
References edit
- “genre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genre c
- a genre
Declension edit
Declension of genre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | genre | genren | genrer | genrerna |
Genitive | genres | genrens | genrers | genrernas |