genre
Meaning
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- kind
- style
- genre
- gender (of nouns)
- voice (of verbs)
- 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.)
- genus
- look, type
- (colloquial) the done thing
Concepts
grammatical gender
writing style
method of
manner of
style of
gender role
literary genre
generic group
zoological nomenclature
Synonyms
genre grammatical
espèce biologique
esrèce
genre littéraire
taper à la machine
compteur pour différentes choses
sexe social
Genre sexuel
Genre grammatical
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒɑ̃ʁ/
Etymology
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.
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