Definitions for genre
ˈʒɑn rə; Fr. ˈʒɑ̃ rəgenre

Princeton's WordNet(2.82 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. genre(noun)

   a kind of literary or artistic work

2. writing style, literary genre, genre(noun)

   a style of expressing yourself in writing

3. music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style(noun)

   an expressive style of music

4. genre(noun)

   a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

Wiktionary(2.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. genre(Noun)

   A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

   Etymology: Borrowed from genre, from genus (cognate with Ancient Greek γένος), from genes-. Compare gender.

Webster Dictionary(3.15 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Genre(noun)

   a style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners

   Etymology: [F. See Gender.]

Freebase(3.93 / 14 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Genre

   Genre is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. Genre theory is a branch of critical theory. Genre began as an absolute classification system for ancient Greek literature. Poetry, prose and performance had a specific and calculated style that related to the theme of the story. Speech patterns for comedy would not be appropriate for tragedy, and even actors were restricted to their genre under the assumption that a type of person could tell one type of story best. In later periods genres proliferated and developed in response to changes in audiences and creators. Genre became a dynamic tool to help the public make sense out of unpredictable art. Because art is often a response to a social state, in that people write/paint/sing/dance about what they know about, the use of genre as a tool must be able to adapt to changing meanings. In fact as far back as ancient Greece, new art forms were emerging that called for the evolution of genre, for example the "tragicomedy".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Genre

   zhangr, n. kind, style: a style of painting scenes from familiar or rustic life. [Fr. genre, kind—L. genus.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. genre

   A form of expression.

   The music genre has changed over time.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Anagrams for genre »

1. regen

2. green, Green

3. neger

4. Green

How to pronounce genre?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say genre in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of genre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of genre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of genre in a Sentence

1. Ashley Charles:

   The main appeal of chiptune music is that it's quite nostalgic -- using video game software and hardware from the 1980s and early 1990s to make sounds that sound like modern sounds, it's a way of creating music, it's not a genre ... You can make different types of chiptune music using different instruments.

2. Vanna Bonta:

   Any literature, when it arrives at being good literature, transcends genre.

3. David Schmid:

   It's a genre that really hits that sweet spot between a fascination with crime and a set of relatable family dynamics.

4. Kevin Knocke:

   They did a fairly comprehensive job at pulling together all of the relevant game influencers in this genre, this was a really well coordinated poaching of the top influencers the likes of which has not been seen so far in esports.

5. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.

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