1. genre -- (a kind of literary or artistic work)
2. writing style, literary genre, genre -- (a style of expressing yourself in writing)
3. music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style -- (an expressive style of music)
4. genre -- (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)
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D'apres cette note, on voit que les operations de ce genre n'etaient pas nouvelles. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci