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genre

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gen·re

   [zhahn-ruh; Fr. zhahn-ruh] noun, plural -res  [-ruhz; Fr. -ruh] , adjective
noun
1.
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.
2.
Fine Arts.
a.
paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter.
b.
a realistic style of painting using such subject matter.
3.
genus; kind; sort; style.
adjective
4.
Fine Arts. of or pertaining to genre.
5.
of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type.

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Origin:
1760–70; < French: kind, sort; see gender1
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  • However, few recent releases of this genre have so faithfully presented bossa nova and samba so far north of the equator.
  • Famous people dabbling in this lucrative genre is a centuries-old practice.
  • It was a blockbuster and genre-buster at the same time.
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genre (ˈʒɑːnrə)
 
—n
1.  a.  kind, category, or sort, esp of literary or artistic work
 b.  (as modifier): genre fiction
2.  a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
 
[C19: from French, from Old French gendre; see gender]

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genre
1770, from Fr. genre "kind, sort, style," from O.Fr. (see gender). Used especially in Fr. for "independent style," as compared to "landscape, historical," etc.
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genre [(zhahn-ruh)]

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.

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