genre
Meanings
Plural: genres
Noun
- a kind of literary or artistic work
- a style of expressing yourself in writing
- an expressive style of music
- a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
Synonyms
class, kind, literary genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style, type, writing style
Scrabble Score: 6
genre is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgenre is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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