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genre

[ zhahn-ruh; French zhahn-ruh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gen·res [zhahn, -r, uh, z, zhahn, -, r, uh].

a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
Fine Arts.
1. paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter.
2. a realistic style of painting using such subject matter.
genus; kind; sort; style.

genre

/ ˈʒɑːnrə /

1. kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work
2. ( as modifier )
  genre fiction
a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted

genre

The kind or type of a work of art, from the French, meaning “kind” or “ genus .” Literary genres include the novel and the sonnet . Musical genres include the concerto and the symphony . Film genres include Westerns and horror movies.

Origin of genre¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from French: “kind, sort”; gender ¹

Origin of genre¹

C19: from French, from Old French gendre; see gender

People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

A lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.

I came [to personal essays] through the route of, if you want to call it intellection or a kind of interpretive [genre].

You had a great line in your piece on Geoffrey Beene about the “genre” of evening wear.

Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.

Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

They live in Stockholm, where she paints portraits and genre subjects.

Occasionally this artist has painted genre subjects, but her real success has not been in this direction.

Unfortunately, the art of genre painting did not exist in those days, and that of engraving was in its infancy.

Tout le monde sait que l'Allemagne possede en ce genre des trsors qui ont t jusqu'ici comme enfouis pour la France.

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