Genre

Noun

 * 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.
 * The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.

Synonyms

 * kind
 * type
 * class
 * See also Thesaurus:class

Derived terms

 * sub-genre
 * literary genre
 * film genre
 * dramatic genre
 * theatrical genre

Related terms

 * genre fiction
 * gender


 * general
 * generate
 * genus

Thesaurus
Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, archetype, art form, blood, brand, breed, build, cast, category, character, clan, class, color, configuration, conformation, cut, denomination, description, designation, fashion, feather, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, frame, genus, grain, ilk, impression, inner form, kidney, kin, kind, label, layout, line, lines, lot, make, makeup, manner, mark, matrix, modality, mode, model, mold, movement, nature, number, pattern, pencil, persuasion, phylum, prototype, race, school, set, shape, significant form, sort, species, stamp, strain, stripe, structure, style, the grand style, the like of, the likes of, tribe, turn, type, variety

Etymology
From genre ‘kind’, from  genus (cognate with Ancient Greek ), from Indo-European *genes-. Compare gender.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĝenro
 * Estonian: zhanr, žanr
 * Finnish: lajityyppi, genre, tyylilaji
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Ido: genero
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Latin: genus, generis (genitive)
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: ژانر
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: gênero (br), género (pt)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish: זשאַנער

Anagrams

 * green, Green
 * neger
 * regen

Noun

 * 1) kind, type, genre

Anagrams

 * enger, neger, regen

Noun

 * 1) genre

Synonyms

 * lajityyppi

Etymology
From genus, cognate with Ancient Greek, from Indo-European *genes-.

Noun

 * 1) kind
 * Le genre humain.
 * 1) style
 * le genre dramatique.
 * 1)  gender
 * Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
 * 1)  genus
 * Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
 * 1) look, type
 * Il essaie de se donner un genre.
 * 1)  the done thing

Derived terms

 * BCBG, bon chic bon genre
 * cisgenre, transgenre

Anagrams

 * gêner
 * nègre
 * règne, régné

Noun

 * 1) a genre