genre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Doublet of gender, genus, and kin.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
Derived terms
- dramatic genre
- film genre
- literary genre
- macrogenre
- microgenre
- pre-genre
- subgenre
- theatrical genre
Related terms
Translations
kind; type; sort
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒɑn.rə/
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gen‧re
Noun
genre n (plural genres)
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡenre/
Noun
genre
Declension
| Inflection of genre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | genrein | |
| abessive | genrettä | genreittä | |
| comitative | — | genreineen | |
Synonyms
- lajityyppi
French
Etymology
From Latin genus (genitive generis), cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃ʁ/
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Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: genres
- Hyphenation: genre
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
- kind
- Le genre humain.
- style
- le genre dramatique.
- (grammar) gender (of nouns)
- Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
- (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.
- 1742, Nova elementa seu rudimenta linguae latinae, page 52:
- (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
Particle
genre
- (colloquial) like
- Je suis genre rarement enervé.
Further reading
- “genre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Latin genus, generis, from Proto-Indo-European *genes- (compare Ancient Greek γένος (génos)).
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧaŋɛr/
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Audio (file)
Noun
genre c
- a genre
Declension
| Declension of genre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | genre | genren | genrer | genrerna |
| Genitive | genres | genrens | genrers | genrernas |
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