genre English · revision 7105

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1770|origins=fro gendre}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈ(d)ʒɒnɹə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|genre|t=kind, sort, style]], from Old French genre, gendre (see [[gender]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) ultimately from Latin [[m|la|genus|t=kind]].^(NODE 1998)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A particular style or category of art or literature: 1770 in the OED, Etymonline and MWU;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) kind, sort, 1816 in the OED and Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was at first a French word in English and was naturalized from about 1840.^(Etymonline) A style of painting depicting scenes of ordinary life is from 1849 as an attributive (''genre-painting'') and 1861 as a noun.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In the 20th century it came to be used of film and music, and of popular fiction of a particular kind.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1770 – a style of art.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1816 – kind, sort.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1840 – naturalized in English.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1849 – genre painting.^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A category of [[art]], music or literature with a particular form, style or subject.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A style of painting showing scenes from everyday life.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of popular fiction, following a familiar formula: ''genre fiction''.^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subgenre]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gender]]

+ * [[general]]

+ * [[generate]]

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[generic]]

+ * [[kind]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}