Genre Definition
zhänrə
genres
noun
genres
A kind, or type, as of works of literature, art, etc.
Webster's New World
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content.
American Heritage
A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.
American Heritage
A type or class.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science fiction, mystery, western, etc.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a kind of painting in which subjects or scenes from everyday life are treated realistically.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Genre
Noun
Singular:
genrePlural:
genresOrigin of Genre
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Borrowing from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος (génos)), from Proto-Indo-European *genes-. Compare gender.
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French kind from Latin genus gener- genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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