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1 genre
genre [ʒɑ̃ʀ]1. masculine nouna. ( = espèce) kind, type• c'est bien son genre ! that's just like him!• tu vois le genre ! you know the type!• les rousses, ce n'est pas mon genre redheads aren't my type• réparations en tout genre or en tous genres all kinds of repairs undertakenb. ( = allure) appearance• avoir bon/mauvais genre to look respectable/disreputablec. ( = style artistique) genred. [de mot] gender2. compounds* * *ʒɑ̃ʀnom masculin1) ( sorte) sort, kind, type (de of)c'est le genre rabat-joie — he/she's a killjoy
2) ( comportement)c'est bien son genre — it's just like him/her
3) ( allure)4) Linguistique gender5) Art, Littérature genre6) Botanique, Zoologie genus•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ʒɑ̃ʀ nm1) (= espèce, sorte) kind, type, sortC'est un genre de gâteau à la crème. — It's a kind of cream cake.
2) (= allure) mannerse donner du genre — to give o.s. airs
3) LINGUISTIQUE gender4) ART genre5) ZOOLOGIE, BOTANIQUE genus* * *genre nm1 ( sorte) sort, kind, type (de of); réparations en tout genre or tous genres all types of repairs; c'est ce qu'on fait de mieux dans le genre it's the best of its kind; c'est le genre macho○ he's the macho type○; c'est le genre rabat-joie he/she's a killjoy; c'est le or elle est du genre à arriver sans prévenir she's the sort ou type who turns up without warning; tu vois le genre! you know the type!; les barbus, ce n'est pas mon genre men with beards are not my type; les descriptions du genre magazine féminin women's magazine-type descriptions; un problème du même genre a similar kind of problem; genre de vie lifestyle; elle n'est pas mal dans son genre she's quite pretty in her way; quelque chose dans ce genre something like that; un peu dans le genre de mon frère/de ta robe a bit like my brother/your dress; Marianne, ce n'est pas le même genre que sa sœur Marianne is not at all like her sister;2 ( comportement) ce n'est pas mon genre de tricher cheating is not my style, cheating is not the sort of thing I do; c'est bien son genre it's just like him/her;3 ( allure) avoir mauvais genre to look disreputable; avoir le genre bohème to look the bohemian type; elle n'est pas vraiment jolie, mais elle a un genre she's not really pretty, but there's something about her; pour se donner un genre (in order) to make oneself look different;4 Ling gender; s'accorder en genre to agree in gender;5 Art, Littérat genre; le genre picaresque/épistolaire the picaresque/epistolary genre; peinture de genre genre painting;le genre humain mankind.[ʒɑ̃r] nom masculince n'est pas le genre à renoncer she's not the sort to give up ou who gives uppartir sans payer, ce n'est pas son genre it's not like him to leave without payingil a exigé qu'on lui rembourse le dessert, tu vois le genre! he had the dessert deducted from the bill, you know the sort!un genre de [une sorte de] a kind ou sort ofelle m'a répondu quelque chose du genre "je ne suis pas ta bonne" she answered something along the lines of "I'm not here to wait on you"avoir bon/mauvais genre: leurs enfants ont vraiment bon genre their children really know how to behaveil est romantique, tout à fait mon genre! he's a romantic, just my type!faire du genre, se donner un genre to put on airs, to give oneself airsle genre humain mankind, the human race6. LITTÉRATURE genrele genre policier the detective genre, detective stories————————dans son genre locution adverbiale[à sa façon] in his/her (own) way————————en son genre locution adverbiale[dans sa catégorie]————————en tout genre locution adverbiale,en tous genres locution adverbiale
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