genre
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genre
- /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ US
- /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ/ nonstandard
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
noun 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.
verb genres · genring · genreing · genred
- To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific. For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre.
