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genre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre (“kind”), from Latin genus, generem (cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (génos)), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?os. Doublet of gender, genus, and kin.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /(d)??n.??/
- (UK) IPA(key): /(d)??n.??/, /(d)??n.??/
- (nonstandard, francophonic) IPA(key): /d???n?/
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.
- 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
Related terms
- genre fiction
- genre film
- gender
- general
- generate
- genus
Translations
Anagrams
- Egner, Geren, Green, Green., green, neger, regen
Danish
Etymology
From French genre (“kind, style”), from Latin genus (“type, kind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??????]
Noun
genre c (singular definite genren, plural indefinite genrer)
- genre, a special type of literature, music or art with its own defining features
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???n.r?/
- Hyphenation: gen?re
Noun
genre n (plural genres)
- kind, type, genre
Anagrams
- enger, neger, regen
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??enre/, [??e?nre?]
- Rhymes: -enre
- Syllabification: gen?re
Noun
genre
- genre
Declension
Synonyms
- lajityyppi
French
Etymology
From Latin genus (compare stem of the genitive generis), from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?os. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (génos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
- Homophone: genres
- Hyphenation: genre
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
- kind
- style
- (grammar) gender (of nouns)
- (grammar) voice (of verbs)
- 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)
- (biology) genus
- look, type
- (archaic, colloquial) the done thing
Derived terms
- BCBG, bon chic bon genre
- cisgenre, transgenre
- en tous genres
- en tout genre
- faire genre
- genre humain
- unique en son genre
Descendants
- ? English: genre
- ? Russian: ???? (žanr)
- ? Kazakh: ???? (janr)
Particle
genre
- (colloquial) like
- Je suis genre rarement enervé.
Further reading
- “genre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- « 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 Latin genus, generis, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?os (compare Ancient Greek ????? (génos)).
Noun
genre m (plural genres)
- (grammar, etc.) gender
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French genre
Noun
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrer, definite plural genrene)
- a genre
Synonyms
- sjanger
References
- “genre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “genre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French genre.
Noun
genre m (definite singular genren, indefinite plural genrar, definite plural genrane)
- a genre
Synonyms
- sjanger
References
- “genre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French genre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹?a??r/
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
genre c
- a genre
Declension
Anagrams
- gener, green, neger
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genital
English
Etymology
From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gign? (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n?t?l/, /?d??n?t?l/
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
- Of, or relating to the genitalia.
- (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
Related terms
Translations
See also
- female genital mutilation
Noun
genital (plural genitals)
- (rare) A genital organ; the genitalia.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
- ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
- 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
- David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
- 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge (?ISBN), page 164:
- […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
Further reading
- genital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- atingle, elating, gelatin, langite, tag line, tagline
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?eni?ta?l]
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- genital
Declension
Further reading
- “genital” in Duden online
Portuguese
Adjective
genital m or f (plural genitais, comparable)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitais)
- (Usually plural) genital
Romanian
Etymology
From French génital, from Latin genitalis.
Adjective
genital m or n (feminine singular genital?, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)
- genital
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin genit?lis.
Adjective
genital (plural genitales)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitales)
- (Usually plural) genital
References
- “genital” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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