English Online Dictionary. What means genre? What does genre mean?
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ/
Noun
genre (plural genres)
- A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
Synonyms
- kind
- type
- class
- See also Thesaurus:class
Derived terms
Related terms
- gender
- general
- generate
- genus
Translations
Verb
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
- Egner, Geren, Green, Green., green, neger, regen
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɕɑŋʁɐ]
Noun
genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)
- genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre. Doublet of gender and genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒɑnrə/
- Hyphenation: gen‧re
Noun
genre n (plural genres)
- kind, type, genre
Anagrams
- enger, neger, regen
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡenre/, [ˈɡe̞nre̞]
- Rhymes: -enre
- Hyphenation(key): gen‧re
Noun
genre
- genre
Declension
Synonyms
- lajityyppi
Further reading
- “genre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Etymology
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃ʁ/, (colloquial) /ʒɔʁ/
- Homophone: genres
- Hyphenation: genre
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
- kind
- style
- genre
- (grammar) gender (of nouns)
- (grammar) voice (of verbs)
- 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.)
- (biology) genus
- look, type
- (archaic, colloquial) the done thing
Derived terms
Descendants
Particle
genre
- (colloquial) like
References
Further reading
- “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
- gêner
- nègre
- règne, régné
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere.
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
- (grammar, etc.) gender
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Noun
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrer, definite plural genrene)
- alternative spelling of sjanger
References
- “genre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “genre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Noun
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrar, definite plural genrane)
- alternative spelling of sjanger
References
- “genre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧaŋɛr/
- Rhymes: -¹aŋɛr
- Hyphenation: gen‧re
Noun
genre c
- a genre
Declension
Anagrams
- gener, green, neger