genre
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə//
- États-Unis//ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə//
- //ˈd͡ʒɑnɚ//
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
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- 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.
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.
Étymologie
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
verbe
- 1
To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre.
Formes
- pluriel
- genres
- passé
- genred
- participe passé
- genred
- participe présent
- genring, genreing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- genres
genre · A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
gent · A gentleman.Gent · A surname.gentle · Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.