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- Dictionarygenre/ˈʒɒ̃rə/
noun
- 1. a style or category of art, music, or literature: "the spy thriller is a very masculine genre"
- 2. denoting or relating to a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, typically domestic situations, associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists: "genre scenes"
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The meaning of GENRE is a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content. How to use genre in a sentence.
GENRE definition: 1. a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics: 2. produced…. Learn more.
v t e. A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. Genre should not be confused with age category, by which literature may be classified as either adult, young adult, or children's.
Genre definition: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. See examples of GENRE used in a sentence.
A genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing. Your favorite literary genre might be science fiction, and your favorite film genre might be horror flicks about cheerleaders.
GENRE meaning: 1. a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics: 2. produced…. Learn more.
A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.
Definition of genre noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A type or class. Designating or of a type of book, film, etc. which is distinguished by subject, theme, or style, as science fiction, mystery, western, etc. Designating or of a kind of painting in which subjects or scenes from everyday life are treated realistically.
1. a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. 2. painting in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter. 3. kind; sort; style. adj. 4. of or pertaining to genre. [1760–70; < French: kind, sort]
