Noun: genre zhaa(n)-ru
- A kind of literary or artistic work
"Jazz is a music genre known for its improvisational nature"
- A class of art (or artistic endeavour) having a characteristic form or technique
"Still life and landscape are traditional genres of painting"
- A style of expressing yourself in writing
"Science fiction is a literary genre that often explores the impact of imagined future technologies on society";
- writing style, literary genre
- (art) a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life
"Dutch genre paintings often showed domestic scenes"
Derived forms: genres
Type of: art, expressive style, fine art, form, kind, sort, style, variety
Encyclopedia: Genre