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gen
kind, type, genre /dʒen/
noun#511 most common
Also: genre (film, music, literature), grammatical gender, sort, category
Example sentences
Ce gen de muzică asculți?
What kind of music do you listen to?
Comedia este genul meu preferat de film.
Comedy is my favorite film genre.
Nu prea îmi plac cărțile de acest gen.
I don't much like books of this kind.
Genul substantivelor în limba română poate fi masculin, feminin sau neutru.
The gender of nouns in the Romanian language can be masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Filmul combină mai multe genuri cinematografice, de la thriller la comedie.
The film combines several film genres, from thriller to comedy.
Diversitatea genurilor literare din perioada interbelică reflectă o efervescență culturală rar întâlnită.
The diversity of literary genres from the interwar period reflects a cultural effervescence rarely seen.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gen | genuri |
| Genitive | genului | genurilor |
| Accusative | gen | genuri |
| Vocative | gen | genuri |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "gen" from French "genre" in the nineteenth century, during the wave of French-based modernization of the language. French "genre" itself descends from Latin "genus, generis", meaning birth, origin, or kind. The word entered Romanian alongside many other French cultural and administrative terms.
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