genre.
kind
Meaning & usage
kind
le genre humain
style, look, type
le genre dramatique
Il essaie de se donner un genre.
genre
gender (of nouns)
Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin.
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.)
Mon genre est non-binaire.
genus
Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné.
the done thing
Where this word comes from
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Noun sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.
like, kind of (approximation, softener, filler in informal speech)
Y avait genre 200 personnes à la fête.
C’est genre pas si grave.
like (introducing a quotation, reaction, or imitation)
Elle était genre: « Occupe-toi de tes affaires ».
J’étais genre: « Quoi ?! ».
for example, such as
On va faire des activités, genre ciné, bowling, resto.
Where this word comes from
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Noun sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.
expresses disbelief, irony or dismissal; used ironically (≈ yeah right, as if, no way)
— Il a tout compris à la réunion. — Genre !
Genre, tu le connais vraiment ?
Where this word comes from
From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Noun sense 6 is a semantic loan from English gender.
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