genre en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
Meanings
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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.
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.
2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| genres | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
genre-bender · microgenre · genre film · genrefication · cybergenre · nongenre · subgenre · genreless · genre studies · genre-bending · pre-genre · macrogenre · genre-busting · metagenre · pregenre · supergenre · genrelisation · minigenre · sub-genre · hallucinogenre · genric · multigenre · genre-savvy · genre fiction · genrefy · genrelization
Relateds
general · generate · gender · genus
Synonyms
Translations (79)
th แนว (kind; type; sort) · de Genre (kind; type; sort) · pl gatunek (kind; type; sort) · fa ژانر (kind; type; sort) · ar نَوْع (kind; type; sort) · bg вид (kind; type; sort) · ca gènere (kind; type; sort) · fo slag (kind; type; sort) · lt žanras (kind; type; sort) · mi momotuhinga (kind; type; sort) · ar نَوْع أَدَبِيّ (kind; type; sort) · uz janr (kind; type; sort) · uk жанр (kind; type; sort) · de Gattung (kind; type; sort) · fo sjangra (kind; type; sort) · ka ჟანრი (kind; type; sort) · hu műfaj (kind; type; sort) · ja ジャンル (kind; type; sort) · pt gênero (kind; type; sort) · sh žanr (kind; type; sort) · yi זשאַנער (kind; type; sort) · cmn 風格 /风格 (kind; type; sort) · sq zhanri (kind; type; sort) · tk žanr (kind; type; sort) · af genre (kind; type; sort) · kk жанр (kind; type; sort) · fi laji (kind; type; sort) · hy ժանր (kind; type; sort) · sk žáner (kind; type; sort) · fi lajityyppi (kind; type; sort) · da genre (kind; type; sort) · kmr cûn (kind; type; sort) · cmn 類型 /类型 (kind; type; sort) · kmr şêwaz (kind; type; sort) · mk жанр (kind; type; sort) · la genus (kind; type; sort) · mi kātū (kind; type; sort) · ky жанр (kind; type; sort) · mn жанр (kind; type; sort) · ar نَوْع فَنِّيّ (kind; type; sort) · nn genre (kind; type; sort) · it genere (kind; type; sort) · sv genre (kind; type; sort) · cs žánr (kind; type; sort) · ms genre (kind; type; sort) · hu zsáner (kind; type; sort) · el ύφος (kind; type; sort) · kmr çeşît (kind; type; sort) · nb genre (kind; type; sort) · et žanr (kind; type; sort) · ru жанр (kind; type; sort) · tg жанр (kind; type; sort) · lv žanrs (kind; type; sort) · nn sjanger (kind; type; sort) · ga seánra (kind; type; sort) · hi विधा (kind; type; sort) · nb sjanger (kind; type; sort) · io genero (kind; type; sort) · th ประเภท (kind; type; sort) · gl xénero (kind; type; sort) · sq zhanër (kind; type; sort) · az janr (kind; type; sort) · pt género (kind; type; sort) · ko 장르 (kind; type; sort) · kmr janr (kind; type; sort) · fi tyylilaji (kind; type; sort) · bg жанр (kind; type; sort) · eo ĝenro (kind; type; sort) · ro gen (kind; type; sort) · kmr tewr (kind; type; sort) · kmr şêwe (kind; type; sort) · sh жанр (kind; type; sort) · fr genre (kind; type; sort) · nl genre (kind; type; sort) · be жанр (kind; type; sort) · fi genre (kind; type; sort) · es género (kind; type; sort) · he זָ׳נֶר \ ז׳אנר (kind; type; sort) · sl žanr (kind; type; sort)