2006-07-03 07:26:29 · 34 answers · asked by kerri f 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
its pronounced like sean-ra except with a J.
2006-07-03 07:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by msterlibgsu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Genre means "a category of artistic, musical, or literary compostion characterized by a particular style, form or content."
It can also mean kind, or sort .
A painting that depicts scenes or events from everyday life, usually realisticlaly.
For example: mysteries, westerns and romances are genres in the literary field.
It is pronounced like john-ra (French!)
2006-07-03 07:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by Malika 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. Genre is a type of something, like there are funny films (comedy), but it has to be for a performing art, like music and films.
2. Pronounced Jon-ra
2006-07-03 07:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jean (as in the french "Jean-Luc") Ruh
Jean Ruh
Genre
It means a category, a group
Rock and Roll is a genre of music for example
2006-07-03 07:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by psilohead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
genre
Pronunciation: 'zhän-r&, 'zhän-; 'zhänr; 'jän-r&
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, kind, gender -- more at GENDER
1 : a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
2 : KIND, SORT
3 : painting that depicts scenes or events from everyday life usually realistically
You can even pronounce it...they have a Wav file which could be downloaded and listened in your system..
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/genre
2006-07-03 08:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by Jegan Sekar 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
meaning is
kind of literary or artistic work
category of artistic works: one of the categories, based on form, style, or subject matter, into which artistic works of all kinds can be divided. For example, the detective novel is a genre of fiction.
pronounciation key
go to the web site and there is a sound clip
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861674899
2006-07-03 10:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by ♥♫♥ÇHÅTHÜ®ÏKÃ♥♫♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A category of artistic composition,as in music or literature,marked by a distinctive style,form,or content. It is pronounced jen-re
2006-07-03 07:40:32 · answer #7 · answered by bati 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'Genre' means 'category, as in relation to literature'. It is pronounced 'zhohn-ruh'. The 'zh' sounds much like a soft 'j'.
2006-07-03 07:35:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A genre is a uniquely identifiable style of art such as music, movies, etc.
2006-07-03 07:38:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anish Jacob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
zhan-ruh
n 1: a kind of literary or artistic work 2: a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: writing style, literary genre] 3: an expressive style of music [syn: music genre, musical genre, musical style] 4: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
2006-07-03 07:31:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋