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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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race
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?s, IPA(key): /?e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English race, from Old Norse rás (“a running, race”), from Proto-Germanic *r?s? (“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh?s- (“to flow, rush”). Akin to Old English r?s (“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), Middle Low German râs (“a strong current”), Dutch ras (“a strong whirling current”). Compare Danish ræs, Norwegian and Swedish ras, Norwegian rås.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, plural races)
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (computing) A race condition.
- A progressive movement toward a goal.
- A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- 1891 (December) Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip:
- "My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."
- 1891 (December) Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip:
Translations
Etymology 2
1560s, via Middle French race from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, plural races)
- A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
- 1838, Lincoln, Abraham, Young Men's Lyceum address
- We toiled not in the acquirement or establishment of them—they are a legacy bequeathed us, by a once hardy, brave, and patriotic, but now lamented and departed race of ancestors.
- 1895 November 11, Chamberlain, Joseph, Speech given to the Imperial Institute:
- I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.
- 1913, Martin Van Buren Knox, The religious life of the Anglo-Saxon race
- 1838, Lincoln, Abraham, Young Men's Lyceum address
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
- 1898, Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology, page 15)
- There are two distinct races of gods known to Norse mythology[.]
- 1898, Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology, page 15)
- A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- (zoology) Subspecies.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (mycology, bacteriology, informal) An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.
- (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
- (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
Synonyms
- subspecies
- breed
- variety
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- 1996, Philosophical Studies in Education, page 151:
- To be raced as black in the U.S. translates symbolically into being considered inferior to whites, lazy, immoral, boisterous, violent, and sexually promiscuous.
- 2006, Athena D. Mutua, Progressive Black Masculinities?, Routledge (?ISBN), page 30:
- From this perspective, the project of progressive blackness entails the edification of black people and the elimination of all forms of domination that limit this edification for all those raced as black.
- 2008, George Yancy, Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 46:
- By avoiding being raced as white, whites are able to maintain the illusion that they have always been individuals, that they have always accomplished their achievements through merit alone.
- 2020 March 24, Sophie Lewis, The coronavirus crisis shows it's time to abolish the family:
- [T]he private family qua mode of social reproduction still, frankly, sucks. It genders, nationalizes and races us. It norms us for productive work.
- 1996, Philosophical Studies in Education, page 151:
Etymology 3
From Middle French [Term?], from Latin radix.
Noun
race (plural races)
- A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
- I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
Translations
Etymology 4
Verb
race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past and past participle raced)
- Obsolete form of raze.
References
- race at OneLook Dictionary Search
- race in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- race in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza."
Anagrams
- -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, acer, acre, care, e-car
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French race, from Italian razza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????s?]
Noun
race c (singular definite racen, plural indefinite racer)
- race (subdivision of species)
- breed
Inflection
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English race.
Alternative forms
- ræs
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???js], [????s]
Noun
race n (singular definite racet, plural indefinite race)
- a race (a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
- a rush
Inflection
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English race.
Alternative forms
- ræse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????s?]
Verb
race (imperative race, infinitive at race, present tense racer, past tense racede, perfect tense er/har racet)
- to race (to compete in a race, a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
- to rush
Further reading
- race on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?s/
- Hyphenation: race
- Rhymes: -e?s
- Homophone: rees
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English race.
Noun
race m (plural races, diminutive raceje n)
- A speed contest, a race.
- Synonym: wedloop
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
race
- first-person singular present indicative of racen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of racen
- imperative of racen
French
Etymology
As Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from ca. 1480,spelling Middle French race recorded in 1549, from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?as/
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
race f (plural races)
- race (classification)
- kind
- Synonym: espèce
- (zoology) breed
Related terms
Descendants
- ? German: Rasse
- ? Czech: rasa
- ? Polish: rasa
- ? Serbo-Croatian: rasa
- ? Slovene: rasa
- ? Romanian: ras?
References
- “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- acre, âcre, care, caré, créa, racé
Middle French
Etymology
16th century (spelling rasse from 1480), from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.
Noun
race f (plural races)
- race; breed
Descendants
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra.t?s?/
Noun
race f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of raca
Swedish
Etymology
From English race.
Noun
race n
- race (competition)
Declension
Derived terms
- köra sitt eget race
References
- race in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- race in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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