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genres

genres is the plural of genre.

Meaning of genre

Noun

genre (plural genres)

  1. A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
    • The still life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
    Synonyms:
    kind, type, class

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Questions about genres

What is genres the plural of?
Genres is the plural of genre.

Words near genres in the dictionary

  1. genreing
  2. genreless
  3. genrelessness
  4. genrelization
  5. genrelizations
  6. genres
  7. genric
  8. genring
  9. genro
  10. genros
  11. gens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genres (page history and authors); genre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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