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Genre

//ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique wordnet
  3. 3
    a kind of literary or artistic work wordnet
  4. 4
    a style of expressing yourself in writing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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