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genre

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See also: Genre and genré

English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.

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Noun

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genre (plural genres)

  1. 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.
    • 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38:
      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.

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Verb

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genre (third-person singular simple present genres, present participle genring or genreing, simple past and past participle genred)

  1. To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre.

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Noun

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genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)

  1. genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre. Doublet of gender and genus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɑnrə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gen‧re

Noun

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genre n (plural genres)

  1. kind, type, genre

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡenre/, [ˈɡe̞nre̞]
  • Rhymes: -enre
  • Hyphenation(key): gen‧re

Noun

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genre

  1. genre

Declension

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Inflection of genre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative genre genret
genitive genren genrejen
partitive genreä genrejä
illative genreen genreihin
singular plural
nominative genre genret
accusative nom. genre genret
gen. genren
genitive genren genrejen
genrein rare
partitive genreä genrejä
inessive genressä genreissä
elative genrestä genreistä
illative genreen genreihin
adessive genrellä genreillä
ablative genreltä genreiltä
allative genrelle genreille
essive genrenä genreinä
translative genreksi genreiksi
abessive genrettä genreittä
instructive genrein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of genre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative genreni genreni
accusative nom. genreni genreni
gen. genreni
genitive genreni genrejeni
genreini rare
partitive genreäni genrejäni
inessive genressäni genreissäni
elative genrestäni genreistäni
illative genreeni genreihini
adessive genrelläni genreilläni
ablative genreltäni genreiltäni
allative genrelleni genreilleni
essive genrenäni genreinäni
translative genrekseni genreikseni
abessive genrettäni genreittäni
instructive
comitative genreineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative genresi genresi
accusative nom. genresi genresi
gen. genresi
genitive genresi genrejesi
genreisi rare
partitive genreäsi genrejäsi
inessive genressäsi genreissäsi
elative genrestäsi genreistäsi
illative genreesi genreihisi
adessive genrelläsi genreilläsi
ablative genreltäsi genreiltäsi
allative genrellesi genreillesi
essive genrenäsi genreinäsi
translative genreksesi genreiksesi
abessive genrettäsi genreittäsi
instructive
comitative genreinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative genremme genremme
accusative nom. genremme genremme
gen. genremme
genitive genremme genrejemme
genreimme rare
partitive genreämme genrejämme
inessive genressämme genreissämme
elative genrestämme genreistämme
illative genreemme genreihimme
adessive genrellämme genreillämme
ablative genreltämme genreiltämme
allative genrellemme genreillemme
essive genrenämme genreinämme
translative genreksemme genreiksemme
abessive genrettämme genreittämme
instructive
comitative genreinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative genrenne genrenne
accusative nom. genrenne genrenne
gen. genrenne
genitive genrenne genrejenne
genreinne rare
partitive genreänne genrejänne
inessive genressänne genreissänne
elative genrestänne genreistänne
illative genreenne genreihinne
adessive genrellänne genreillänne
ablative genreltänne genreiltänne
allative genrellenne genreillenne
essive genrenänne genreinänne
translative genreksenne genreiksenne
abessive genrettänne genreittänne
instructive
comitative genreinenne

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.[1]

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Noun

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genre m (plural genres)

  1. kind
    le genre humain
    the human race
  2. style
    le genre dramatique
    the dramatic genre
  3. genre
  4. (grammar) gender (of nouns)
    Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
    French words are either of masculine or feminine gender.
  5. (grammar) voice (of verbs)
    • 1742, Nova elementa seu rudimenta linguae latinae, page 52:
      Huit choses arrivent au Verbe : Le Genre, le Mœuf, le Tems, la Personne, le Nombre, la Conjugaison, la Figure, ou la forme. Il y a cinq Genres de Verbes Personnels: l’Actif, le Passif, le Neutre, le Déponent & le Commun.
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  6. 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.)
    Mon genre est non-binaire.
    My gender is non-binary.
  7. (biology) genus
    Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
    Any living or extinct species has a genus, according to the binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl von Linné.
  8. look, type
    Il essaie de se donner un genre.
    He tries to give himself a look.
  9. (archaic, colloquial) the done thing

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Particle

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genre

  1. (colloquial) like
    Je suis genre rarement énervé.
    I'm like rarely annoyed.

References

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  1. ^ genre” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere.

Noun

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genre m (plural genres)

  1. (grammar, etc.) gender

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre.

Noun

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genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrer, definite plural genrene)

  1. alternative spelling of sjanger

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre.

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genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrar, definite plural genrane)

  1. alternative spelling of sjanger

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French genre.

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Noun

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genre c

  1. a genre

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