genre

[US]/ˈʒɒ̃rə/
[UK]/ˈʒɑːnrə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. type; genre; traditional painting
adj. traditional painting; depicting scenes of everyday life.

Phrases & Collocations

music genre

literary genre

genre painting

Example Sentences

black comedy is the genre du jour.

Program music as a genre is usually assigned to the Romantic period.

An entire subliterary genre, the Regency romance, exists to satisfy this desire.

a popular author downgraded by critical opinion to a genre writer;

Even American Pie, which comes from a genre that is notoriously misogynist.

"They associate it with twangy, hillbilly music and don't realise there are many different styles within the genre," he said.

Others are highly successful in non-pop genres but are remembered by the public for the one that appealed to the hoi polloi.

There does seem to be a strange kind of link between jazz and science-fiction -- both are genres that were initially seen as contemptibly "low-class" and raised themselves to respectability.

The work of 208 highly-talented artists fill EXOTIQUE 5 with 342 pieces of spectacular character art in genres ranging from science fiction, fantasy, and anime, to photorealism and stylized realism.

Real-world Examples

We watched films of different genres and languages.

Source: Chronicle of Contemporary Celebrities

Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness.

Source: Past years' graduate entrance exam English reading true questions.

Robbie Shakespeare's influence also spread to pop and many other genres.

Source: BBC Listening December 2021 Collection

NFTs for me, it's a new genre of art.

Source: Wall Street Journal

The 12-inch single ruled nearly every genre in the 1980s.

Source: Vox opinion

We've got--classical New Orleans jazz would be a genre.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

What's your favourite genre of film?

Source: Portable English Bilingual Edition

He has an interesting genre of ancient videos in his library.

Source: Sara's British English class

That is to say, you like all genres except for horror movies.

Source: 100 Most Popular Conversational Topics for Foreigners

I like all kinds of music, but my favorite genre is free.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

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