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genre

ZHAHN-ruh/ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ZHON-ruh/ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/

Pluralgenres

Verbgenres, genring, genred

2 meanings of genre

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  1. 1
    kind of artnouncountable
    A type or style of book, movie, or music that shares common features.

    Like sorting toys into boxes: cars in one, dolls in another.

    Horror is her favorite genre of film.

    This bookstore sorts its novels by genre.

    UsageSay a genre of music, or sort books by genre.

    Similarcategory, type, style, kind, class

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  2. 2
    classifyverbtransitive
    To put a creative work into a type or style, or to make it match one.

    Like putting a label on a jar so you know what's inside.

    Many readers say her strange new book cannot be genred at all.

    In class, we learned how scholars genre old poems by their form.

    UsageThe past form is genred.

    Similarcategorize, classify, pigeonhole, label

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Origin

An unchanged borrowing from French genre, which came from Latin genere. It is a doublet of gender and genus.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts