genre

Meaning

Noun

1. kind
2. style
3. genre
4. gender (of nouns)
5. voice (of verbs)
6. gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc.)
7. genus
8. look, type
9. (colloquial) the done thing

Particle

like

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒɑ̃ʁ/

Etymology

From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.

Sentences

Pourtant , il est considéré comme le fondateur de la peinture de genre américaine .

Yet, he is considered the founder of American genre painting.

Ce genre comprend de nombreuses espèces notamment en Europe .

This genus includes many species, especially in Europe.

Et l’on veut que j’aime le genre humain !

And they want me to love the human race!

C’était là le genre de préjugé qui pouvait changer la donne .

That was the kind of prejudice that could be game-changing.

Dans l'avenir personne ne tuera personne , la terre rayonnera , le genre humain aimera .

In the future no one will kill anyone, the earth will radiate, the human race will love.

Les libellules femelles de ce genre possèdent trois épines sur le dernier segment abdominal .

Female dragonflies of this genus have three spines on the last abdominal segment.