Genre Definition
genre
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English
English Wikipedia has an article on: GenreWikipedia en
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-. Compare gender.
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
- kind
- type
- class
- See also Wikisaurus:class
Derived terms
- sub-genre
- literary genre
- film genre
- dramatic genre
- theatrical genre
Related terms
Anagrams
Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: GenreWikipedia nl
Noun
genre n. (plural genres, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡenre/
Noun
genre
Declension
Declension of genre (type nalle)
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Synonyms
- lajityyppi
French
Etymology
From Latin genus (genitive generis), cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
Noun
genre c.
- a genre
Declension
Declension of genre| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | genre | genren | genrer | genrerna |
| genitive | genres | genrens | genrers | genrernas |
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Genre ( / ˈ ʒ ɒ n r ə / or / ˈ dʒ ɒ n r ə /; from French, genre French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ʁ], "kind" or "sort", from Latin: genus (stem gener-), Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.
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