genre

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
• (British) IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/
• (nonstandard) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• kind
• type
• class
• See also Thesaurus:class

Related terms

• gender
• general
• generate
• genus

Translations

• French: genre
• German: Genre, Gattung
• Italian: genere
• Portuguese: (Brazil) gênero, (Portugal) género
• Russian: жанр
• Spanish: género

Verb

genre (genres, present participle genring; simple past and past participle genred)

1. To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:genred.

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