genre B2 Topic:Art & Music US /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ UK /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/ See IPA manual Freq #14590 Meanings 1 noun A particular type or style of art, literature, music, or film. Science fiction is my favorite genre of film. 2 noun A style of music with its own typical features. Jazz and blues are closely related musical genres. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a particular type or style... classkindtype 2 noun · a style of music with its... music genremusical genremusical style Word family Forms genres Common collocations genre painting Noun + noun Etymology AI details Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus. *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European genre French gendre Middle English genus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # genre **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/ **Frequency rank:** 14590 ## Meanings 1. A particular type or style of art, literature, music, or film. 2. A style of music with its own typical features. ## Examples - Science fiction is my favorite genre of film. - Jazz and blues are closely related musical genres. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ǵenh₁- - Root: genre - Root: gendre - Root: genus ## Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus. ## AI Etymology Genre is described etymologically as unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus. In current use, the main senses are “A particular type or style of art, literature, music, or film” and “A style of music with its own typical features”. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown