Genre Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of genre noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

genre noun   /ˈʒɒ̃rə/,  /ˈʒɒnrə/  /ˈʒɑːnrə/(formal) jump to other results

1. a particular type or style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features
   • literary/musical genres
   • the horror/action/fantasy genre
   • Crime fiction is a genre which seems likely to stay with us for many years.
   • genre fiction
   Wordfinder
   • author
   • book
   • classic
   • critic
   • drama
   • fiction
   • genre
   • literature
   • poetry
   • write
   Extra Examples
   • The film is generally regarded as a classic of the genre.
   • His films cover a wide range of subjects and genres.
   • She must be the most influential modern writer in the genre.
   • The band is not representative of any particular musical genre.
   • He has explored a range of musical genres.
   Topics Film and theatreb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryGenre is used before these nouns:
   • fiction
   • painter
   • painting
   • …
   See full entryWord Originearly 19th cent.: French, literally ‘a kind’, based on Latin genus ‘birth, family, nation’.

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See genre in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee genre in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation: genre

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