How do you pronounce genre?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/.

genre

/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: genre
IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/

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Meaning

noun

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

verb

To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

Example Sentences

"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."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:genre."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *ǵenh₁-, gendre, genus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
British English: /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/

Inflected Forms

genres (plural) genres (present, singular) genring (participle, present) genreing (participle, present) genred (participle, past) genred (past)

Derived Forms

cybergenre genrefication genrefy genreless genrelisation genrelization genric hallucinogenre macrogenre metagenre microgenre minigenre

Phrases

genre-bender genre-bending genre-busting genre fiction genre film genre-savvy genre studies pre-genre

Frequently Paired Words

gender general generate genus

Synonyms

kind type class writing style literary genre