# genre
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (nonstandard) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ/

### Noun

genre (plural genres)
* 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.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* cybergenre
* dramatic genre
* film genre
* genre-bending
* genre-busting
* genrefication
* genre fiction
* genre film
* genrefy
* genreless
* genrelization
* genre-savvy
* genre studies
* genric
* hallucinogenre
* literary genre
* macrogenre
* metagenre
* microgenre
* minigenre
* multigenre
* nongenre
* pre-genre
* subgenre
* supergenre
* theatrical genre

#### Related terms

* gender
* general
* generate
* genus

#### Translations
### Verb

genre (third-person singular simple present genres, present participle genring or genreing, simple past and past participle genred)
* To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:genred.

### Anagrams

* Egner, Geren, Green, Green., green, neger, regen

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɕɑŋʁɐ]

### Noun

genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)
* genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre. Doublet of gender and genus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

genre n (plural genres)
* kind, type, genre

### Anagrams

* enger, neger, regen

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡenre/, [ˈɡe̞nre̞]
* Rhymes: -enre
* Hyphenation: gen‧re

### Noun

genre
* genre

#### Declension

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
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
genrensä
genrensä
accusative
nom.
genrensä
genrensä
gen.
genrensä
genitive
genrensä
genrejensä genreinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
genreään genreänsä
genrejään genrejänsä
inessive
genressään genressänsä
genreissään genreissänsä
elative
genrestään genrestänsä
genreistään genreistänsä
illative
genreensä
genreihinsä
adessive
genrellään genrellänsä
genreillään genreillänsä
ablative
genreltään genreltänsä
genreiltään genreiltänsä
allative
genrelleen genrellensä
genreilleen genreillensä
essive
genrenään genrenänsä
genreinään genreinänsä
translative
genrekseen genreksensä
genreikseen genreiksensä
abessive
genrettään genrettänsä
genreittään genreittänsä
instructive
comitative
—genreineen genreinensä :

#### Synonyms

* lajityyppi

### Further reading

* “genre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɑ̃ʁ/, (colloquial) /ʒɔʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: genres
* Hyphenation: genre

### Noun

genre m (plural genres)
* kind
    le genre humainthe human race
* style
    le genre dramatiquethe dramatic genre
* genre
* (grammar) gender (of nouns)
    Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.French words are either of masculine or feminine gender.
* (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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* 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.
* (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.
* look, type
    Il essaie de se donner un genre.He tries to give himself a look.
* (archaic, colloquial) the done thing

#### Derived terms

* BCBG, bon chic bon genre
* cisgenre
* en tous genres
* en tout genre
* études de genre
* faire genre
* faire mauvais genre
* genré
* genre humain
* genrer
* mégenrer
* transgenre
* unique en son genre

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: жанр (žanr)
* → Dalmatian: genro
* → Danish: genre
* → Dutch: genre
* → English: genre
* → Finnish: genre
* → Franco-Provençal: janro
* → German: Genre
* → Macedonian: жанр (žanr)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: genre, sjanger
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: genre, sjanger
* → Persian: ژانر (žânr)
* → Russian: жанр (žanr)
** → Armenian: ժանր (žanr)
** → Estonian: žanr
** → Georgian: ჟანრი (žanri)
** → Kazakh: жанр (janr)
** → Latvian: žanrs
** → Lithuanian: žanras
** → Turkmen: žanr
** → Uyghur: ژانىر (zhanir)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Cyrillic script: жа̏нр
** Latin script: žȁnr
* → Swedish: genre
* → Ukrainian: жанр (žanr)

### Particle

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

### References

* ↑ “genre” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

### Further reading

* “genre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* « Genre », un tic de langage dont la signification glisse à mesure que sa popularité augmente, Clara Cini, lemonde.fr, 10 February 2021.

### Anagrams

* gêner
* nègre
* règne, régné

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

genre m (plural genres)
* (grammar, etc.) gender

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

### Noun

genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrer, definite plural genrene)
* alternative spelling of sjanger

### References

* “genre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “genre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

### Noun

genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrar, definite plural genrane)
* alternative spelling of sjanger

### References

* “genre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French genre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɧaŋɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -¹aŋɛr
* Hyphenation: gen‧re

### Noun

genre c
* a genre

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* gener, green, neger